• @Sanctus
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    2314 days ago

    Take all that anger, grief, disappointment, and fear, and push it towards action. America has no king, America needs no king, and we can still say no to Trump. These next four years are going to suck ass and may end our democracy, it may even end our planet as the window to act on the climate closes. But we can’t give up. If we give up we simply ensure human history has been for nothing. If we give up we seal any and all chances we might have.

    • @UnderpantsWeevil
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      714 days ago

      America has no king, America needs no king, and we can still say no to Trump.

      Kings tend to rule through their networks within the aristocracy, winning loyalty through patronage and through dispensation of special favors.

      The power of the presidency is, at it’s heart, the power to appointment federal officials, to direct the spending of public money, and to regulate trade (not unlike that of a king). I’m not sure how you intend to stop Trump from appointing new judges, new cabinet secretaries, or new generals. I’m not sure how you “say no” to how Trump allocates federal money or imposes tariffs.

      If we give up we simply ensure human history has been for nothing.

      You’re going to need to put more on the table than “We can’t give up!” I’m not sure what we’re giving up that we had to begin with.

      What are you asking people to do that they haven’t been doing already?

        • @UnderpantsWeevil
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          414 days ago

          In fairness, you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take

          • @AngryCommieKender
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            314 days ago

            The Great was practically born and bred to play hockey. He didn’t grow up working class.

            That being said, I’m not the one taking the shots. There have been anywhere from one to possibly three attempts so far and he hasn’t even been sworn in.

      • @Gradually_Adjusting
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        414 days ago

        Sometimes change comes from within. Other times you can’t discuss the real solution in public.