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Three years later, the ring leader and main benefactor is still free and openly lying.
This country is a joke. Literally incapable of defending itself from the inside. The US is beyond pathetic and will go down in history as such. We are so capable yet choose corruption.
My guy, a country founded on the backs of a native American genocide and then 300 years of slavery, that decrees freedom above all else? You've never not been a joke.
My guy, the goodness or badness of the country says NOTHING to refute my point that it is presently utterly and completely failing to defend itself from the inside.
I didn’t realize America invented slavery…
You also didn't realize that's not what they said
And of course you get put on every watchlist in the country if you say people should just handle the Donald Trump problem directly and Shinzo Abe him. We do the most to protect that man from lynch mobs even though he was more than willing to use them. And for the record, I'm neither going to murder the man nor incite anyone else to do so, it's impossible to get away with and I don't have the balls even if I wasn't scared of prison, but I guarantee there would be very few tears shed if it did happen and nobody of worth would lose any sleep.
I really hope no one kills him. I’m not sure I’d be able to live another couple of decades with people treating him like a fucking martyr.
He will be a martyr even if he dies at 120 of natural causes in the lap of luxury. The cult has already formed. When he dies, he will ascend and they will wait for his return... or they'll say he never died at all like JFK, Jr.
And in a couple hundred years there's gonna be a ladder sitting on Mar a Lago because the various sects of the Trumpian religion can't agree on who should move it.
Well, if Florida's not underwater by then.
I've known about the ladder for a while. Religion can be horrible but when it's funny, it's hilarious.
God. We already have to deal with them idolizing fucking Reagan. And yeah, as long as he is alive and not in office, the chances he goes to jail go up every day.
Political assassination gets rid of a figurehead but revitalizes the entire movement. It’s not a smart thing to do if you want to actually fix problems.
That's true but there isn't anyone waiting in the wings who can capture the reactionary imagination like trump. They've been trying and they always come up short. I don't get it because I think trump is an abhorrent waste of space, but his people just love the shit out of him. Without him the entire right fractures and starts infighting.
OR that becomes the event that unifies the right wing together. Don’t underestimate the power of a martyr.
45 US presidents, 10 assassination attempts with 4 being successful.
A major part of the problems the USA faces is because they believe political problems (well, most problems really) can be solved with the gun.
I don't know if the problem would be better of not, but political assassination isn't exactly exclusive to the US. There have been several in Japan, and the most recent on against Abe (done with a gun I might add) actually went a long way to solving the issues that the assassin had with the LDP, namely that the government had a lot of people taking money from the moonies.
When I was a kid, saying Timmy does it too, was never a strong argument even then.
But seriously, compared the other Anglo countries countries the US has an issue with political violence. IIRC, there has never been an attempt against a Can, Aus or NZ leader.
Don't worry. My bet is he'll get the Chauvin treatment before getting transferred to country club prison.