Randahl FinkTrump admits the war crime of destroying civilian bridges in Iran, and now says he will order the destruction of electric power plants next — another war crime.
Does Congress really want these war crimes committed in the name of The United States?
Mimsybean@randahl I don't understand what US Americans are actually waiting for. It's been over a year of crimes (USaid stopping without warning, measles, health care, job loss, cost of living... war crimes, crimes against humanity) all done in the name of all US Americans. They can blame their gov't all they want. They elected this gov't. It is theirs. I just wish they would keep it within their borders and leave the rest of the world alone.
slash@Mimsybean @randahl Let me try to explain. American elections are largely a PR exercise. And they involve voter suppression to skew which demographics turn up to vote. What politicians want is a low turnout. If they can get that, and also find a minority group (say, white nationalists) to turn out, they can sway the results.
Once in power, the SCOTUS declared Trump immune to any criminal consequences. Congress, already weak from in-fighting, abdicated their duty.
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@Mimsybean @randahl We've had this situation before, and it took Kent State murders to wake up the citizens. Even then, in the face of massive protests, it was only the Watergate affair which changed things. The USA hasn't reached that point yet, so the infant in charge of nuclear weapons will run rampant. The USA is obviously a rogue state. We'll see if the mid-term elections have any effect, but I'm not optimistic. I think the best that can be hoped for is that the gov. grinds to a halt.
@Mimsybean @randahl The path to here is much longer than most people think, in my opinion, for what that's worth. Start with George H. W. Bush, and the invention of the "neocon". They explicitly talked about the US being an imperial power with the downfall of the USSR.
In the 70's, the Church Committee put strong safeguards in place. Then the USAPATRIOT Act (2001), with one signature, removed all of them. George W. Bush built the start of a police state, with zero resistance. Min. is the result
@Mimsybean @randahl Final thought: I feel sorry for the people who voted for Trump. Some day, they are going to have to face the ruined country which resulted, and realize that *they* are responsible. Responsible for all the death and destruction on the world, and all the death and destruction of their own neighbors.
I don't know how they will live with themselves.
el Celio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦@agreeable_landfall @Mimsybean @randahl
do not worry.
they won't realise they are responsible.
never.
@agreeable_landfall @randahl The trump voters will never realise/admit that trump is the cause of all of the damage OR they will say they never voted for him. They are people who invent their own reality to fit what they want to believe.They'll blame the immigrants, those who don't look like them, women, men, whatever but not themselves. That would require too much honesty.
@Mimsybean @randahl I agree, to an extent. Those whose egos are tightly tied to Trumpism will be unable to change. But most of them are good neighbors who just believed that his plan would make things better. Those people I have empathy for.
I think it's better not to demonize the opposition. That's the same mistake the other side are making. Things are never either/or. If you don't see the world clearly, you'll end up with a solution that doesn't work. IMHO.
@agreeable_landfall @randahl I'm referring to the die-hard trumpers. Good people no longer follow trump or they are so devoid of intelligence, that one can only pity them. The best approach is to steer clear of anyone with a red MAGA hat.
Roger 🇪🇺@Mimsybean @randahl Exactly. It’s no longer just about ‘the Republicans’. It’s the result of a corrupt elite that has turned an uneducated electorate into its plaything.
There are currently numerous examples of this all over the world, everywhere.
There are currently numerous examples of this all over the world, everywhere.