Of course, they can’t say “war criminal Donald Trump” because that would then invite people to call Biden a war criminal too

  • Storm [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    4 months ago

    You’re voting based on aesthetic. The term dictator is pretty hollow when all it takes is an executive order to murder people, US citizens or otherwise.

    If a single election can end democracy in the US, that democracy was pretty broken to begin with.

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      That seems like a poor position. Lots of beautiful and amazing things are also incredibly fragile. A single person, with help, can turn any type of country into a dictatorship via coup. Every country is pretty broken by your definition.

      Significant portions of American law historically were based on etiquette to preserve order. These need to be codified in a fair manner by independent parties. Our congress has been hijacked in half by a party hell-bent on trying to establish a dictatorship.

      American founders argued that the system had to be defended. The phrase is one bad apple spoils the barrel. Corruption can spread and grow in any environment if unchecked.

      The powers are supposed to be separated and able to keep each other in balance or in check. That isn’t how it’s been working altogether lately.