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[-] SoylentBlake@lemm.ee 78 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The system is written and set up by guys like him.

It doesn't change itself. Voting won't make it change itself either.

We're either going to have to grind everything to halt or grind everything to dust. Those are the only two options left to us.

It was over 8 years ago that begged a foreign power for espionage help while running for pres. On live TV. He should have been locked up then.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 48 points 7 months ago

When peaceful revolution is impossible, violent revolution is inevitable.

[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 14 points 7 months ago
[-] toothpaste_sandwich@feddit.nl 4 points 7 months ago
[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 6 points 7 months ago

Yes. The above quote is a JFK quote.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 14 points 7 months ago

The system is written and set up by guys like him.

I know what you mean, but it was definitely not written by people like him. They didn't have sharpies back then.

[-] Bdtrngl@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

You mean crayons?

[-] _bug0ut@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Can you imagine Trump trying to even navigate stuffy legal language? Nevermind writing some.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 months ago

To his supporters, legal gibberish and Trump gibberish sound identical.

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