Donald Trump faces four indictments, 91 criminal charges and hundreds of years of maximum prison time combined.

This is a former president who — according to the latest grand jury indictment in Fulton County, Georgia — participated in a “criminal enterprise.” Trump and 18 co-defendants are accused of trying “to unlawfully change the outcome of the election” in 2020. Among the 13 felony charges he faces is one count of violating the Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act and two counts of conspiracy to commit forgery.

Most of those charges are related to a fake elector scheme by the Trump campaign in which a slate of “alternate” electors in Georgia would cast electoral votes for Trump instead of Joe Biden. The president of the most powerful democracy in the world allegedly tried to steal an election.

We can’t say it often enough: This is serious. Americans cannot shrug this off or normalize it, no matter how many times Trump gets indicted. Yet it feels like business as usual. Not only is Trump favored to win the GOP presidential nomination, he’s also neck and neck with President Biden in the 2024 general election, according to a July poll by the New York Times/Siena Poll.

MORE THAN A CULT

Trump’s support cannot only be explained as the product of the cult-like power he has over his MAGA base, which accounts for roughly 40% of Republican voters who believe those indictments are nothing but a conspiracy against him.

more: https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article278265068.html

  • killernova@lemm.ee
    69·
    1 year ago

    I wish that were true but reality tells a different story. Besides, I hate all humans equally, especially the rich and their corruption and propaganda that you speak of. I do not believe in our species to solve existential problems, thus we deserve every bit of our own downfall and ultimately, our own self-inflicted extinction. I’m blaming all of us, myself included. Our genes, our history, our evolution, our behavior - that is what the problem is: us.

      • killernova@lemm.ee
        2·
        1 year ago

        I still vote. I know it’s all a ruse anyway but it can’t hurt, only takes a few mins so why not.

      • killernova@lemm.ee
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yes, it’s especially the rich to blame for our petty shenanigans on this tiny rock - like politics - but in the grand scale of the universe, my hatred for all humans is equal, past and present. ‘Hatred’ might be the wrong word, it’s more like extreme disappointment.

        Humans don’t deserve to evolve past type 0. We have failed as a civilization because in the face of solutions, we create more problems and continue to refuse to do what is necessary to achieve utopia; that is to come together as one global and conscious species and take care of everyone. It is entirely possible to do it right now, but we are consciously choosing not to as a species, to our own demise. We shouldn’t be allowed to colonize other worlds, however, in our wake, we’ll make sure to destroy ourselves too, so no worries there.

        This is probably the wrong community for a discussion or comment like this but I really can’t give a fuck.