• myrmidex@slrpnk.net
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    5 months ago

    Funny how 8 years ago, people kept saying “don’t worry about Trump, there are checks and balances in place”. None of that talk this time around!

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      5 months ago

      Because there’s now an infrastructure built up around him with plans on how to override those checks and balances (Project 2025).

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        5 months ago

        We also saw the checks and balances do fuckall because they were captured by fellow criminals.

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      Those people never realized their stance is just as idiotic as “I cross the street without looking both ways because if they run me over, they’ll have to pay”… or “I have the seat belt on, I can crash at top speed and nothing will happen to me”