• Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    “The President of Peace”, everybody! Get that Nobel Prize ready, because Trump is gonna make world peace happen…even if he has to go to war with the whole world, to get it done. /s

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      If the rest of literally everything about the guy wasnt enough, him calling himself the “president of peace” is like the most obvious indication that this dude is legitimately the antichrist. Or at least the closest thing the world will ever see to it

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    The people don’t, but trump certainly does. Either against another country or against his own, it matters not. That way he can suspend elections and cement his position as dictator.

    And literally nobody with the power to stop it gives a shit. We’re on our own.

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      Elections cannot be [legally] suspended in the U.S. stop making it easy for them.

      Edit: this whole account keeps posting shit like this. Wanting people to give up.

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        Elections cannot be [legally] suspended in the U.S.

        Aww, you still think that the fascists are constrained by the law!

        stop making it easy for them.

        The only people making it easy for them is the corrupt judges they’ve appointed and the corrupt “opposition” politicians doing nothing to stop them, instead focusing on blaming anyone actually left of center.

        This is not a viable defense against fascism:

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          Aww, you still think that the fascists are constrained by the law!

          To some extents. Just yesterday fucking STEPHEN MILLER said that they’d follow court orders. Additionally the separation of powers not just at the federal level but at the fact that states are independent (but not geopolitical) in almost everything they do.

          Your language is completely devoid of nuance and is not helpful in any way. What do you want me to do? Give up, or understand whats happening in order to work against it.

          This is not a viable defense against fascism:

          Cool. People should still vote. We should still expect midterms and such because we are constitutionally entitled to it. Or do you just want us to roll over and let repubs keep control of Congress?

          Actually, what are YOU doing?

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            Just yesterday fucking STEPHEN MILLER said that they’d follow court orders

            So a lying liar who lies every day lied again yesterday. Big fucking whoop.

            Additionally the separation of powers not just at the federal level but at the fact that states are independent (but not geopolitical) in almost everything they do.

            Except for the fact that all other branches of the federal government and the majority of the states are not only deferring to the executive, but also compelling the other states to do so.

            Your language is completely devoid of nuance and is not helpful in any way

            I’m pointing out the objective reality, thus doing what little I can to combat harmful complacency and blind belief in the same broken system that the fascists got into power by exploiting.

            You, on the other hand, are the equivalent of the Weimar Republic officials insisting that the safeguards of parliamentary rules will stop Hitler from taking over.

            Unlike pointing out reality THAT’S incredibly unhelpful.

            What do you want me to do?

            Open your fucking eyes and stop insisting that others close theirs. I know it’s hard but, contrary to what you seem to think, the first step to solving the problem of unconstrained fascism is realizing that the usual constraints aren’t working.

            What do you want me to do? Give up

            FUCK no.

            or understand whats happening in order to work against it.

            Yes! That’s EXACTLY what I want you to do!

            Cool. People should still vote

            I never said they shouldn’t. What I’m saying is that doing so is not enough and might in fact not have any effect, depending on how far along the Project 25 election rigging is by next year.

            We should still expect midterms

            Demand? Yes. Take for granted? Absolutely not. You don’t win a fight by waving a rule book at the person assaulting you and trying to kill you.

            we are constitutionally entitled to it.

            Yes, but the fascists are blatantly ignoring the constitution. Pointing out that they’re not SUPPOSED to do so doesn’t stop them. Insisting to others that they’re GOING to is actively harmful.

            do you just want us to roll over and let repubs keep control of Congress?

            Again, that’s the opposite of what I want.

            Actually, what are YOU doing?

            As I also said earlier: I’m doing what little I can, which is to point out objective reality in order to combat harmful complacency.

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          Fuck you. Why should we just act as if Trump is allowed to do what he wants. And laws do still matter. there are levels of bad and we are nowhere near the bottom which your behaviour will bring us towards. How about you actually do something instead of giving up.

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            People need to accept that we literally live in a fascist dictatorship now.

            Not in the process, not moving towards it anymore. We are there.

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            Why should we just act as if Trump is allowed to do what he wants

            Because he is. The people whose job it is to stop him aren’t doing their job. To acknowledge reality isn’t approval and to deny the obvious doesn’t help anyone.

            The Dem leadership won’t save us. They’re much more interested in what their billionaire owner donors want than what’s good for regular people. Always have been, always will be.

            Until people realize that and do something to replace them, Biden’s “nothing will meaningfully change” promise to the oligarchs will continue to be true.

            laws do still matter

            In theory, yes. In practical terms, the fascists are ignoring every law they don’t like with impunity every day.

            Just because you WANT to think that they’re restrained by the law like the rest of us and want everyone else to think so, doesn’t make it true.

            there are levels of bad

            Yep. Pretending that it’s all going to work out because the law will stop them is bad. Demanding that others cosign your delusion and accusing them of being secret enemy agents if they don’t is WORSE.

            we are nowhere near the bottom

            That you’re right about, at least.

            which your behaviour will bring us towards.

            No. The behavior of the fascists is doing that. People who oppose fascism and are also aware of the extent of the crisis pointing it out to complacent people like you aren’t.

            How about you actually do something instead of giving up.

            How about you actually open your eyes to objective reality instead of insisting that the broken system will save us and that anyone who suggests otherwise is helping the fascists.

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      its also a useful distraction from epstein files, of which hes trying to flood media with, to get people/news to stop reporting his deviancies.

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    That’s where you’re drawing the line? The whole nation is eating itself from the inside, and the only thing the Dems are capable of seems to be pointing at something and saying “you shouldn’t do that”.

    And what are they gonna do about it? Nothing? Yeah, figures.

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        Shutting down the US government is just below singing happy birthday in Spanish on my challenge difficulty scale, y yo hablo español.

        I’m not convinced those grandpas didn’t just happen to be asleep and closed the government by accident.