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        To be fair public transit would be a lot less appealing if you would meet people like Trump or Musk on there.

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      America is wild man. You’ve got a dictator doing what ever he wants and then you’ve got states suing, I don’t even know who they’re suing (Trump?), judges blocking orders and stuff.

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        seperation of powers would do wonders there, although the elites would argue it suppresses the rights of the people or whatever jargon they have left.

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      Actually good that Trump put that in the world. It might be the last facet of reality that people can share. Red Caps would not believe anybody else characterizing the US as a monarchy but maybe this enables a debate as there is not longer the (or rather as easy of a) possibility to just say “no your initial issue is already not true”.

      But then Red Caps often don’t even believe trump has said the things he said, delusion and projection on another level. So eeeeh… shit is probably fucked either way 🙃🤷‍♂️

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    Okay… so in less than a day, any plausible deniability that Trump thinks himself the dictator of the USA has completely evaporated.

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        There was a lot of humming and hawing about what Trump “really meant” about “dictator for a day”.

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      He already said that’s what he wanted. He said it before voting even happened. There was no reason to doubt that’s what he wanted.

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        And the people voted for him (or didn’t bother to vote) anyway. America as a whole deserves the shit that we’ve brought down on ourselves, which is really too bad considering how the people that are most actively anti-fascist are going to bear the brunt of the consequences.

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      You would think so, wouldn’t you? I have had the distinct displeasure of viewing Reddit’s r/conservative subreddit though, and to them this is just Trump “trolling.”

      What’s that narcissist’s prayer again? “He didn’t say that. And if he did, it wasnt that bad. And if it was, it’s not a big deal. And if it is, that isn’t his fault. And if it was, he didn’t mean it. And if he did, America deserved it.”

      I legitimately cannot get out of this country fast enough. I already have a plan in motion to escape, as a minority I can’t escape the constant anxiety that something terrible is going to happen to me here…

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    Great, so the Cheeto declared himself King now. I’m trying to remember what people did to resolve the problems with kings in the past…

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    Fun Fact: The Roman Republic viewed regicide as a virtue. As I understand it, “he was trying to become king” was grounds for a justifiable homicide defense.

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      Yeah, even when they had Emperors the idea was so ground in that they never claimed the title of Rex.

      Partly because Imperator was seen as better anyways but it was absolutely a thing.

      Fun East Rome Best and Worst Rome Fact: the ERE Emperor claimed the title Basilieus basically the moment Western Rome fell. Guess what it means?

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    Is there a reason conservatives dislike congestion pricing other than spite?

    Gods, they’re just the worst fucking people.

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        The stupidest part to me is that toll roads work this way and are wildly popular with conservatives. They’re just angry it’s a public thing and that it’s for public transportation support and not to make some private company money.

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          They’re just angry it’s a public thing […] and not to make some private company money.

          This is always the case

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          Thing is…this is just another toll. It bills you the same as all the other tolls in the city. They just gave it a different name. That’s it. In the first days, people were bitching because they took the trains and the busses, but everyone who isn’t an asshole (those of us who don’t drive) didn’t even realize it took effect and everyone was like “woah, what’s going on? Is it a holiday? It was so quiet on my way to work. It was awesome.”

          But these motherfuckers

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      Cars checks all the boxes to them - helps with segregation, creates demand for oil, multiple vectors for environmental destruction, weird nostalgia and culture war fodder, another subsidy for rural/suburban voters, and it’s the embodiment of not giving a shit about anyone else’s and being a big boy. But yeah each of the individual factors boils down to spite.

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        They also make people a lot angrier. Angrier people are easier to manipulate

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    I know that there were a significant amount of people that voted republican because of the lies that were told saying he’d fix the economy. Shit like this is something only the hardcore Republicans wanted. They are always boasting about winning, but if we had an election after all this shit came out I’m almost positive Trump would lose by a landslide. We’re already seeing some Republicans getting their faces eaten and are questioning their loyalty.

    Basically what I’m saying is that I’m pretty sure the majority of the US does not want this. And I’m sure there are plenty within MAGA that are shitting themselves right now as they sit there afraid for their lives to go against any of this. Especially those that aren’t straight white men.

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      Lol, none of this is a surprise or new. Leopards and face eating was planned and expected. The majority of the US voted or abstained for him. This is the outcome. This is what they implicitly wanted. If what they voted for is different to what they thought, they haven’t been duped. The information was available. They have been wantonly ignorant. That’s not to say we should blame voters. That’s to say, hopefully people become more informed and accept that when Republicans allow the deplorable a to take over, this is what happens. When democrats try to take the high ground but don’t prosecute insurrection and treason and fix the supreme court, this is what happens.

      History teaches us these patterns. It is why they are trying so hard to erase and rewrite history.

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      Bold of you to assume. The ones who voted Trump either wanted all this or are dumb as fuck to not see it coming. Don’t put your hopes on them.

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      Anyone that didn’t bury their head in the sand saw this coming, none of it was hidden, who cares what the majority wants it changes nothing

      Rise up or shut up

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        they listened to joe rogan, and twitter and that was thier decision for them, also MSM blasting him 24/7 on air helped oto.

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      He legally cheated through gerrymandering and voter suppression. I wouldn’t be surprised if he illegally cheated as well.

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        the voting machines, the extremely close call on all blue counties, never ordered a recount.

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    I love how he’s using a fake time magazine cover after being humiliated by the real time magazine

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    posted on that other site that’s just in it for stock market manipulation, there’s a teeny tiny chance i might have written it off as a very, very bad joke.

    but this was from the white house account on the x(sh)itter.

    he absolutely believes that he is untouchable. this statement he posted is a challenge, a dare, for anyone and everyone to take a shot (figuratively or not) at challenging his declared ultimate authority.