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  • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
    13·
    10 days ago

    Can the US please just decide if it wants to be a theocracy or not. Please can it be not.

    This sudo religious fascist state, but also kind of not really, is really tiring on everyone else.

    • Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works
      131·
      9 days ago

      It’s written “pseudo”, a prefix in old Greek meaning fake (as in pseudopod). “sudo” is a Linux command to run a command or script as another user.

      • bad_alloc@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        6·
        9 days ago

        Actually, running “pseudo [command]” causes your system to pretend to run the command.

        Also, sudopods are a close relative of sauropoda, who can use their long necks to bypass read restrictions.

        • dneaves@lemmy.world
          2·
          8 days ago

          Unfortunately, “sauron [command]” still won’t see the Jia Tan backdoor obscured in the shadows, nor the_ring.yml that you’re piping to /dev/null

  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    11 days ago

    I assume they’re trying to take this off the ballot because they know it’s going to increase turnout for the Dems. The majority of Floridians are not down with the abortion ban.

    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
      4·
      10 days ago

      Actually, this can be good for the Republicans. The pro-life crowd is a minority, but also the biggest, most reliable single-issue voting block.

      Having it as a ballot initiative lets pro-choice Republicans vote to end the ban while the GOP still panders to the pro-life voters.

      • barsquid@lemmy.world
        2·
        10 days ago

        That guy is an ecological disaster in control of a fuckload of land. I hope he dies and Floridians get a clue to make better choices.

      • Drunemeton@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        11 days ago

        What’s going on with PBCs!? Over on the other side of the slab the younger generation loves the game and the older set hate the noise.

        • warbond@lemmy.world
          2·
          10 days ago

          Somebody leaked his plans to put up hotels and pickle ball courts, etc. in state parks and people took that personally, especially because they were no-bid contracts. Basically everyone told DeSantis to fuck off with this plan, which he tried to distance himself from while simultaneously firing the whistleblower.

    • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
      3·
      10 days ago

      They can’t take it off the ballot, as it had way, way more than the required signatures, but they can intimidate every person who signed it into not voting by sending cops to their home.

    • Etterra@lemmy.world
      12·
      10 days ago

      Oh no police are always an exception. After all if they don’t have the right to shoot people for whatever reason they want to make up, how are they ever supposed to be able to do their job of a opressing people?

    • Crikeste@lemm.ee
      12·
      9 days ago

      Good luck with that. Reminds me of the people who say they need guns to protect themselves from the government. They aren’t wrong, but they very much are.

    • barsquid@lemmy.world
      5·
      10 days ago

      The same people who sent the police already have Corrupt Clarence and Treason Flag Alito to create an original interpretation of the First Amendment for this one.

      • nifty@lemmy.world
        2·
        10 days ago

        lol

        Civil disobedience is a valid tool in a state with rule of law. If it’s a failing state where law is applied selectively, you jump ship or you buy protection, where the latter route can get really expensive and isn’t a guarantee.

        The power exchanges in Stalins USSR show that no one was ever safe, including the key committee members. So people who want to create a fascist regime of some sort will be in for a rude awakening when they find that their money only goes so far.

        Edit the movie Death of Stalin is not a serious historical perspective, but it shows a lot of the dangers of creating conditions for a police state

        • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
          1·
          10 days ago

          the movie Death of Stalin is not a serious historical perspective

          It’s accurate and it’s broad strokes in the the things that happened and did sort of happen

    • Etterra@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 days ago

      That depends on the state. States with fire problems, such as California, have extra restrictions. And since it’s not a firearm, ironically, the Constitution can’t protect it.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    1·
    11 days ago

    It’s pretty cool when your governor can send people to come get you. Come on, Ronnie. Let’s have some pudding, you little bitch. You’re out of power in 2027. Let’s dance.

    • Vanon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 days ago

      The guy supposedly won by like 15 points a few years ago (after barely winning previously). I know it’s unbelievable (along with Abbott’s fairly big win in Texas while killing people with power outages). But either they’re rigging elections (more projection, what a surprise!), or massive numbers of deplorables are flooding the state (and/or sane people are escaping).

      That said, fuck 'em. This kind of pathetic, cruel, lawless behavior will continue escalating until there are real consequences. Wish we had a ruthless DOJ to harass them back at every step.