Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests
by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @09:29AM
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If history rhymes, I wonder if we aren't about at Marius and Sulla, rather than at Caesar.
Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests
by distortionfield on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @01:02PM
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Republicans used to limit themselves out of of fear of a Democrat being able to do it the next time they won.
Now it seems like the republicans are trying to speed-run to a point where there won’t ever be another Democrat to worry about.
Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests
by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @04:37PM
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> Now it seems like the republicans are trying to speed-run to a point where there won’t ever be another Democrat to worry about
The simpler explanation is they're bad at long-term planning. Most of Trump's Cabinet and advisors are, essentially, influencers after all.
We probably need to work on a Project 2026 and Project 2028 document set. Plans to use these newly-unlocked powers to reform how power is distributed in America, force forward long-overdue projects being resisted by vocal minorities and secure our republic from its tendency towards electoral fetishism.
Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests
by distortionfield on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @08:12PM
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Two heads of the same coin I guess! I agree though, we sorely need a counterweight to this administration. I keep asking my friends that support Trump if they’ll have the same staunch attitude towards strong executive branch powers if a Democrat gets elected next. I haven’t gotten a straight answer back.
I agree that Trump is unlikely to turn into a dictator. But Caesar wasn't Rome's last dictator. And he wasn't the first to march on Rome.
Precedents are being set. Regardless of your views on illegal immigration, what's going on should be concerning because eventually someone with strong views you don't agree with will be in power, and if they can just arrest members of Congress, openly defy courts, ship ideological opponents to Guantanamo and send Marines into states they don't like, we're all going to be poorer for it. (If this shit stands, I'd argue the next Democrat in the White House should go FDR on the system.)