• humanamerican@lemmy.zip
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    8 days ago

    If we ever get true people’s representation in government priority number one will be to prosecute all the fuckwads who have been perpetrating this. Unfortunately, I am not hopeful that this will happen.

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      8 days ago

      It will happen. The question is whether it’ll happen in time to hold anyone meaningfully accountable

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        8 days ago

        History has shown that the US does not hold anyone in power accountable. Sometimes we pretend to do so by punishing lackeys like Oliver North instead of presidents and politicians who make the decisions to do horribletand illegal things.

        SCOTUS knew Trump was going to do this Project 2025 shit, which is why they said the president is above the law and forced Trump on Colorado’s ballot to legitimize an insurrectionist running for office.

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          7 days ago

          I’m not convinced that the US constitution/government will outlive me, at this point.

          It wouldn’t be the US government (at least not the as we know it) holding people accountable in my imaginary scenario.

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            7 days ago

            My loyalty is to the spirit of the Constitution, not to a king. I might end up serving as a soldier against the crown.

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              6 days ago

              I don’t care about the document. If anything I’d say it’s fatally flawed in a couple key ways. Not as bad the OG articles of confederation, but pretty bad.

              What I care about is making a government that actually serves the majority of the people and represents their interests against the disproportionately powerful

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                7 days ago

                It is my assumption that the Constitution would be overhauled or recreated, depending on how the next ten years plays out.