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No, see if Biden wants to be impeachment proof, he just needs to arrange for a "group trip" for all Congressional Republicans to "a nice farm upstate." He can be generous and include tickets for the conservative Supreme Court justices.
Biden would never do this and I wouldn't want him to, but Trump is arguing that this would be 100% legal.
I mean… not that I or anyone should advocate for something like that, but honestly… if Trump openly states that he wants to do this to anyone he deems as an enemy… well… Trump isn’t currently in power… and so anyone who currently HAS power would be a fucking moron not to try and strike first knowing Trump WILL have them killed.
I mean, we are not talking about a game of checkers, people.
We’re talking about actual fucking dipshit fascists who will gleefully damn us all in the ever-accelerating climatological extinction we face in the coming next couple of decades.
Fascists will happily kill every man woman and child, whether they be those who would cure cancer, create cold fusion, or build room-temperature super conductors - if they ever showed disloyalty to the fascists’ despotic whims.
This “we go high when they go low” performative bullshit is a losing game if the other game participants are the only players willing to always go low.
Or, hear me out, get rid of qualified immunity. You guys aren't a kingdom FFS. And sorry, Biden is at a minimum fascist adjacent.
care to back up that assertion?
Sure. Leaving most of Trumps policies in place as well as supporting a genocide in Palestine. He also hasn't done anything to reverse the genocide on the Indigenous people in the USA, if you want to be spicy. He hasn't done anything about the clearly disproportionate violence against non-white people, and he allows the hate speech and othering to continue unabated, providing a nice scapegoat for the country's problems without him having to lift a finger.
There's also the ongoing imperialism of the USA, and their hundreds of military bases across the planet, asserting control over numerous populations. While this isn't necessarily fascist, the common argument used for invasion into other countries is that "we need to bring them freedom and Democracy, and our Western values". And again, there is still an occupation in Iraq by the USA military, under Biden, where these were clear "reasons" for the occupation.
So, is it fascist to allow the continuation of things that may be considered fascist when viewed together? Probably. Especially when you lead the largest military in the world, and the second largest economy, no one else has the power to sign a paper and end the atrocities. Well, at least some of them.
Colonialism isn't domestic Fascism. Fuck off. We have an election to keep our country in existence. Shut the fuck up. You're a distraction. Shut up.
What do you mean you have an election to keep your country in existence?
Israel and Gaza are not on the US' presidential ballot. Fending off a fascist autocrat that will make this our last semi free election, is on the ballot. Any argument about anything else is moot, and staying home is a vote for Trump. Intellectualizing doesn't change that which is why purported leftists on Lemmy are either pathetically stupid, russian/GOP trolls, or edge lords.
You're right, but the work doesn't end at this election. There's a long road of reforms or revolution required to move away from the conditions that made these two the only "options". And your representatives aren't going to do it for you.
Agreed. That's why I voted to primary Pelosi out. Why I vote far left up and down the ballot. Why I've participated in and at times led activism for almost 30 years. But we aren't having that kind of presidential election this year. We're fighting a backslide unfortunately. And sadly we're all finding the country is further right than we thought. We had Obama. They didn't have a north star yet.
Someone saved the picture of hunters cock to their phone 🫣
Are you okay?
Yes, are you able to stop riding Biden cock?
So, you think I am in support of genocide Joe?
And besides, he's so old I would be surprised if there were enough drugs on the planet to get him hard enough to ride.
I can't hear youu with that Biden schmeat smacking your tonsils.
I'm very good at talking with my mouth full, thank you.
So do you support the agenda of Biden? Or maybe Trump? Maybe you are disappointed with the political landscape of your country and would like changes? Maybe I am giving you too much credit?
Back to the thread at hand: it is kind of insane that it may actually be possible to legally assassinate your political rivals without any legal reprecussions while leading any country isn't it? And now that the cats out of the bag, doesn't that worry you in the least?