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Peter O’Dactyl @peter0dactyl.bsky.social

Certainly agreed, every opportunity to change laws should be taken, but what I'm really trying to say is that people undervalue public opinion. There is no government free or unfree that can sustain itself very long without it, and that is why even dictatorships work so hard to control public views

aug 14, 2025, 6:11 pm • 0 0

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Peter O’Dactyl @peter0dactyl.bsky.social

If we focus solely on winning the legal fight, those victories will slip through our fingers like sand when laws are either widely ignored, or conservatives change tactics and make end runs around them. By now you would think people would understand that Trump, despite operating wholly outside of

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Peter O’Dactyl @peter0dactyl.bsky.social

the law is able to continue. It is because he has been successful enough in gaining public support that opposing him gets nowhere. In other words, politics are above laws, and cannot be otherwise.

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makingbetterworld.bsky.social @makingbetterworld.bsky.social

I certainly agree that public opinion is critical. Trumps ratings are quite low and he still gets near blind support beyond the legal boundaries at times. Look how hard it is to get us to agree on a practical approach. Key parts have to work more effectively than they are.

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Roman Smith @romansmith.bsky.social

'Perfectly fair elections? Bullshit' I agree 100%, ncmimi...and will yet again refer all to @gregpalast.bsky.social and the excellent piece he did, re 2024 election

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