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submitted 4 months ago by Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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I trust Trump about as far as I can throw him, and at the end of the day it's really the Pentagon calling the shots here not the POTUS.

But dudes clearly speaking to a public sentiment here.

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[-] MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 4 months ago

the PSL could win this Presidential race and it wouldn’t change a thing foreign policy wise

I do think a dedicated, sophisticated anti-imperialist could change things from the office of the president. The problem is the best we'll ever get from Democrats is "I oppose this war and this war only, and we totally could have won and had the best intentions but my opponent, our local puppet, or both tragically mismanaged it."

[-] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

I do think a dedicated, sophisticated anti-imperialist could change things from the office of the president.

If they even tried they'd get JFKed in like a week

[-] MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 4 months ago

Avoiding that would be a huge part of the challenge. The possibility also highlights the need to have deeper political support. At least the VP needs to be on the same page; one unicorn candidate probably wouldn't get it done.

[-] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago

There'd really be not point unless the PSL was strong enough to form its own institutions and armed groups to combat any coup attempts.

If the PSL candidate won by some miraculous fluke, like a bunch of people protest voting or something, they probably wouldn't even need to wait to get JFKed, the Supreme Court could probably just pull some bullshit out their ass to nullify their victory.