Only if they weren't paid or got a better deal.

On the one hand, Trump could be creating the praetorian guard, on the other there's a lot of emperors who met their end thanks to the praetorian guard, so at least we got that going for us

Cops have been doing this for decades. Only stands to reason that nationally mandated extra-judicial executions become the norm when our chief executive is an inveterate racist and authoritarian narcissist

I dont know if you were born with a spine and Schumer just yoinked it out of you or you just straight up came out this way. But you are not the man for this moment. Step down.

My signature move would obviously have to be an enziguri I call "the toe jam" then. Lol

Fuckin deserve it

Ok, but what if I'm a podiatrist. Im not, but what if I WERE 😀

It's almost like structural racism is core to the Trumpist identity

We are definitely talking about different things. I spent 15 years in political combinations and seen every kind of voter suppression tactic. Its a fundamentally racist feature of our elections. And any "solving" of our failed media/socialmedia landscape would necessarily need to solve for that too.

Fascinating, I'm willing to be called out my privilege, what am I missing?

I mean, that's my point. Social discourse is balkanized to the point where people pick truths to fit their narrative rather than accepting basic facts as they are and are applauded for their bravery. Until that's solved meaningful direct democracy at scale would lead to similar outcomes as today

It's the same reason I'm concerned about parallel structures of mass media (i.e. building leftist media infrastructure in the wake of the media consolidation/state capture stuff) I think the last thing we need is thicker more echoey silos between groupsBut I'm a comms wonk so its all comms to me lol

Also as an ohioan, the direct ballot stuff is awesome, but of course our one party state legislature tries every session to undercut reproductive rights and the legal cannabis amendments.

Only concern is the poison pill of social media. If we cant all agree on basic verifiable fact, and influencers are allowed to continue eroding trust in expertise with then social media oligarchs fingers on the scales direct democracy doesn't get us anywhere.

The ratio gives me some hope

This roll over and play dead shit is just excusing the death of American educational excellence, rampant transphobia, race hate, extra judicial killings, disappearing the unhoused, militarizing blue cities, shredding the first amendment, and ending due process. We don't HAVE to live with any of that

Not a celebration really, but I'll always be happy when bad people bite it. I'm not team bullet though, fully team aneurysm