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It's almost funny how when Biden was President he had no authority to do anything, however trump doesn't seem to have that issue as much. Almost funny.
Trump has support in all levels of government, and a great amount of it too. This didn’t happen just overnight in Jan of 2025. Biden had opposition who would hold him accountable for dictator stuff (as well as supporters who would hold him accountable depending on what he did) but Trump now has a larger support base to pull off his shit because control at the top is across his party.
That’s why Biden couldn’t do it but Trump can. It’s bullshit and we know it, but no one (including myself) is willing to revolt the way we should yet. We’re all worried about covering our own butts because the system we’ve grown up with is still mostly here so there is still hope that we can change it via our system. We may very well regret this later though.
you must be well positioned not be to regretting it already.
I have a child. I’d rather not screw his life for an ideal where I alone will have minimal/no real impact. I am indeed in a better position than most though and I fully admit that.
the last election showed that the more well off you are, the more pro-trump you become, which means that your child will be proned to whatever for trump-ism takes in the future if they're not socialized well.
there's also a correlation with education, so maybe putting them through the best education you can afford would be the best hedge against your child turning into future maga.
I’m not sure what you’re arguing or trying to say here.
My family is quite left and my child constantly stands up for kids who are different. In summer he always does a lemonade stand to donate to a charity of his choice and has been doing this for about 5 years now. He’s raised money and donated 100% to GLSEN, refugees (like UNHCR), a local charity that helps provide toys and needed goods for children, a cancer research group, and more.
None of that is stuff we pushed him into. He is just that kind of a person and has been consistently. He fights the good fight, we support him, and we try to help others when we can.
If you’re arguing that I should be out there causing disturbances, then I’d just like to ask what exactly you are doing in the same vein?
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
I don't know why Biden didn't just go full dictator like Trump. Dictators that do the thing I want are actually good and there's absolutely no possible repercussions.
I mean, I'd love a dictator who says "You must value trans rights as human rights, or to the Gulag with you!", while running labor camps for... CEOs who underpay their janitors.
He'd have my vote!
If a democrat went dictator they would immediately have the DOJ, entire media ecosystem, and courts united against them because those that support the democratic party recognize dictators as bad.
Well Biden wasn't really president, Trump won, doesn't that make this this third term?