• @GraniteM
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      1 month ago

      Which will work fine until they are no longer needed. Once they’ve given all their power to the fascists, they’ll suddenly find themselves very much redundant.

      • @givesomefucks
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        291 month ago

        They’ll continue to be empty suits with the illusion of power and actual wealth…

        They’re not gonna consider that a bad result. They don’t want to govern let alone know how…

        Don’t act like all we need to do is sit back and wait and karma will do the hard work for us.

        • @[email protected]
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          71 month ago

          Exactly this Russia still has elections and an “opposition”. You can still be in control without necessarily being in the presidential position just as Putin was while Prime Minister after running out of terms.

    • @Brainsploosh
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      141 month ago

      In France the answer would have been: because otherwise there would be widespread demonstrations, strikes and eventually riots.

        • Glifted
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          He’s not wrong though. Both of my democratic senators are just confirming his appointments and behaving as if it’s business as usual. Its pretty maddening