Damn thing's busted. If you can imagine an administration that acts like this ever peacefully ceding a lost election, you're crazier than me.
this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2025
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That's assuming you even get a fair election again.
Is a fair election when a violent insurrectionist, a literal traitor to the republic, is allowed to run for office?
We zigged when we should have zagged a long time ago.
We definitely should have several large books at him... but also 75 million people shouldn't have voted for him.
The American system is broken by design
No, it's been broken; the original design wasn't bad, but they told us not to let a two party system happen and we did it anyway.
The original does not protect against an entire party determined to undermine it, imo
isnt that what the "overthrow the government" part is for?
Not like we could actually do that anyways 🙃
Yes it does, it has quite clear instructions in fact. People just aren't willing to do what's necessary to follow those instructions... Yet.
Yes, that alone has nothing to do with whether the election was fair or not.
Was there fraud with the votes? Was people denied voting? Those are some of the things that would make an election not fair.
Looking from the outside on US politics it seemed you guys had a wannabe dictator and narcicist run for president. He told you exactly how bonkers he is and what he plans to do. And you guys voted him in twice...
It's hard to feel sympathy for Americans.
People are systematically, deliberately denied votes in every American election. Their entire voting system was a compromise with slave states. American elections are bad by design.
And yes, let's also highlight the fact that a violent insurrectionist was allowed to run for office. Putting it mildly, that is not a sign of a healthy normal election.
If you're going to hate Americans be my guest, but hate them for tolerating the existing system at all. It's a structurally unjust society from the ground up and they're ridiculous for tolerating it.
I don't hate Americans at all. What would give you that idea?
Its hard sympathising when Americans have willingly and knowingly put themselves in this position but that doesn't mean I hate them.
I root for you guys and hope you get your shit together,for the sake of everyone on earth.
It’s only a real coup if it comes from the d'état region of France. Otherwise it’s just a sparkling junta.
lol @ waiting for democrats to step up.
Might as well wait for the heat death of the universe.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-administrations-deferred-resignation-offer-halted/
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-trump-doge-states-47912249bf4b79477cbe211565c9743c
I'm an australian and know this ahit. Why don't you?
Too little too late. Fuck them.
They really should update the graphic to point to red at this point
"national emergency" will put this into the red.
Watch for false flag attacks this year
While there remain serious concerns about political violence and the state of our democracy, the immediate threat of a coup has passed.
What? They didn't even get to February!
im euro. Most of my short Life i have looked up to the USA . I thought:"Wow, USA!" I was happy we were allied and in Nato, that we would defend eachother and grow ever closer.
I have never imagined that there could be a Man like Trump in power or that there would be a potential Coup? I thought thats only in Russia, China or some third world shithole!
Well, anyway i became disillusioned. The USA isnt perfect. I was to naiv. obviously.