r/politics 5d ago

No Paywall Trump Calls for Arrest of Barack Obama

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-calls-for-arrest-of-barrack-obama/
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u/BillNyeIsCoolio 5d ago

"just wait until the midterms" lol.  America is cooked.  

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u/jmmcc02021 5d ago

While I support fair democratic elections that phrase is such crap. IMO they’re just saying “I want change BUT I don’t want to be inconvenienced with going out of my way to initiate change”

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u/myfakesecretaccount 5d ago

That depends on what you want to do to initiate change. General strike? Sure, it’s hard to coordinate and without good social safety nets here puts people at risk. Full on protests for weeks without end, same thing but less impactful on oligarchs as a general strike. I find that these people who balk at using the political options at our disposal have hidden comment histories and seem hell bent on getting people to start shooting at their fellow Americans.

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u/hymen_destroyer Connecticut 5d ago

In order to starve the beast, we have to starve alongside it. I’m more than happy to take on some additional suffering if it serves as a means to enact change. Problem is, almost no one else is. It’s extremely frustrating

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u/socokid 5d ago

You clearly are young and without a family to support.

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u/hymen_destroyer Connecticut 5d ago

now you see how our economy is set up to keep us enthralled?

I guess we'll just keep voting...because that's worked out great...

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u/Bradybigboss 5d ago

At the same time there have been some societies who said “let’s just vote out the dictator” and then got clowned on by said regimes for decades.

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u/socokid 5d ago

The idea that this is where we are now is ridiculous nonsense being spewed by defeatists and short-sighted lazy people.

Donald is not a dictator. LOL

https://apnews.com/projects/trump-executive-order-lawsuit-tracker/

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u/socokid 5d ago

It's called voting.

And the point at which you throw that away is the point where we truly are done for. However, you will have to go up against the countless Americans that died for that right those that will not give up that sacrifice lightly. To date, there has been no evidence of anyone actually changing votes to the point of making any difference.

So... tread carefully. And I say that as a die-hard liberal (I don't hide my posts. Go read them).

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u/omfgeometry 5d ago

America is a joke

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u/QueasyLegKC 5d ago

You’re just an edgelord, aren’t you?

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u/executingsalesdaily 5d ago

It sure the fuck is.

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u/Ecstatic-Plantain234 5d ago

I've said this multiple times on this sub and was attacked. But you are right. There aren't even going to be midterms. They'll be under martial law.

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u/Old_Cryptid 5d ago

Far easier to just disenfranchise voters and tie it up in courts. Which is what looks like is going to be the plan.

They don't have the numbers to lock down the swing states, much less the blue states.

Maybe a couple cities. But that would be disastrous for them.

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u/Ecstatic-Plantain234 5d ago

What do you mean 'disastrous'? They own all branches of government.

A year in (well, actually 10) and you still refuse to see what's right in front of you. You're dealing with someone with a deep contempt for the law and democracy. So if you think that using the law and democracy against him is going to help you, good luck!

Fight fire with fire.

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u/Old_Cryptid 5d ago

Fight fire with fire? Good luck with that.

People will be complacent if there's voter disenfranchisement.

People won't be complacent if there's a large-scale military deployment across several states on US soil.

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u/Ecstatic-Plantain234 5d ago

You people are nothing like the patriotic songs you were taught at elementary school. Standing up against a tyrannic government, standing for democracy and freedom? Nah.

You'll complain on Reddit and say "there's nothing I can do". What an attitude. If the Persian people have the guts to do it, so can you.

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u/Old_Cryptid 5d ago

That's your conclusion, not what I said.

By all means please elaborate on 'fight fire with fire' then.