• UnspecificGravity@piefed.social
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    23 days ago

    Because he was democratically elected by the deeply stupid people of the United States and a pretty fundamental element of American democracy is that there is very little that can be done to thwart the will of the people, no matter how stupid it is.

    Add to that the fact that a stupid president presents a massive economic benefit to anyone that can keep his attention for more than five minutes and he is predictably surrounded by people that benefit from his continued presence.

    His mistake in the first term was trying to be a real president and surrounding himself with people who wanted the same thing. This time it’s just criminals all the way down.

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      23 days ago

      democratically elected

      I mean he wasn’t even eligible to run according to the constitution so it’s hard to keep a straight face while calling the US a democracy

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          I’m fairly sure a traitor who engaged in an insurrection is forbidden from being president. I don’t care to look it up honestly, because I’d rather not be even more depressed by finding that this tidbit is me thinking wishfully and not a fact I heard at some point.

          Thanks for calling me a moron though.

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            George Washington was a traitor who engaged in an insurrection.

            I’m not comparing Trump to George Washington, but I’m pointing out why the American Constitution doesn’t really have a developed concept of treason or any broad exclusions to eligibility for the presidency. The election itself is the qualification.

            I didn’t call you shit.