• osarusan@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    Why the fuck do people let Trump get away with shit that no ordinary person would get away with.

    Imagine if we used this same bullshit logic for ordinary people.

    “Murderers shouldn’t be stopped by police. We should defeat them in polls.”

    “Car thieves shouldn’t be arrested. We should let the American people choose.”

    Fucking dumb.

    And incidentally, we already did that, in 1868 when the 14th amendment was passed. So leaving it up to the polls is ignoring both the law and the will of the people.

    • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Because holding famous, rich important people accountable for their actions would jeopardize the system. It needs that lack of accountability to function.

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        10 months ago

        Because holding famous, rich important people accountable for their actions would jeopardize the system. It needs that lack of accountability to function in a way that only benefits the wealthy.

        I changed that a little. I think capitalism is pretty shitty, but it could do better for many people if the United States government stopped letting rich people bend and often outright break the law.

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      10 months ago

      Democrats don’t actually care if they win elections. Thanks to the duopoly control of elections, they will never go away

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      10 months ago

      Gavin Newsom is preparing for a presidential run in 4 years, he is trying to not seem so scary to independents.