and trying to appease independents, by rolling back the extreme deportations. They’ll keep what they love, which are the tax cuts to billionaires. They love the power and they’ll want the status quo but without the appearance of overt fascism.
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The importance will be for opposing parties to push for laws to *never* allow a Trump to step into power again. And this is the best case scenario if he dies. If he doesn’t we’re talking puppet fascism for years.
aug 30, 2025, 5:03 pm • 1 0 • view
Thank you - obviously I meant Vance not Trump, but despite my shame at mistyping, the idea that the system can and might right itself feels hopeful and possible.
aug 30, 2025, 5:05 pm • 0 0 • view
I think hope is all we have. But I don’t think righting itself is possible. We will have to push for a robust legislative overhaul, and ideally, a review of the Constitution and S.C. that have overly empowered the Executive over the course over generations. If this government is to survive,
aug 30, 2025, 5:12 pm • 0 0 • view
it will have to have the other two branches take back power from the Executive to give the people back more of their voice. The population is so apathetic, though. It’s not a good situation. We’re either committed via inertia (his death) to a tame, half hearted righting of the ship or
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an absolute disaster (economic, or mortality-wise, pandemic, war) so that people care enough to push for the needed change. We have to look at voting percentages and current complacency with the status quo. People are just letting fascism happen in real time 🤷🏼♀️
aug 30, 2025, 5:12 pm • 0 0 • view
Believe me, it is hard to get up in the morning and live normally, thinking about all this.
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