Very hard not to be grim, watching Americans cheerfully vote to end their democracy.
What a fucking nightmare.
@GeePawHill No such question is before the voters, there is no mechanism to put such a question before the voters, it's just not going to be on the table anytime soon given the structure of the US government.
Folks who talk about ending democracy aren't being realistic about how government actually functions.
@volkris I am saddened that you do not understand what it means to a democracy to say that the law does not matter.
@GeePawHill what in the world? It's BECAUSE of law that democracy is protected.
It is because the law matters that we need to emphasize that the law would prevent such an option being on the table in any serious way.
We should be shouting that from the rooftops because the law, and it's protection of democracy, absolutely matter. Undermine both with this nonsense about democracy being on the ballot.
@volkris Are you referring to the law that has already decided he committed financial fraud and sexual assault? The law that is currently WIP that he committed insurrection and election interference?
Is *that* the law you think will protect us? Cuz it didn't protect our democracy last week, and it didn't protect our democracy today.
@GeePawHill nope.
I'm referring to the enormous amount of legal machinery developed over the course of so many generations all aimed at protecting the democratic processes, ensuring that voting is that the core of the US system.
Democracy is not on the table. The democratic process is going to elect a jerk one way or another, but then, that's democracy for you.
