• dormedas
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    4 days ago

    What do you mean? Judges don’t have any authority in this new fascist America. He’s not gonna comply.

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        2 days ago

        If you took that to mean I do, you’ve misinterpreted. The judge lacks an enforcement mechanism. That sucks, but it’s the truth.

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          2 days ago

          What I mean is that the constant flippant “he can do what he wants” supports him now in the same way the confident “we’re safe because what he suggested is illegal.” if Trump was really that powerful the judges that would rule against him wouldn’t have the chance.

          Things are bad, but acting like it’s already over literally strengthens the fascists.

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            Fair, and I don’t mean to sound or act like it’s already over. Reading it back now, it does, but I did mean it to be more of a … wake up call (?) that judges’ orders probably won’t mean much. That the danger is here, with us, in the present.

            Perhaps my perspective is better explained as “He will do what he wants. Until he is forced not to.”

            That force could come from politicians, people refusing to execute his dictates, or - as seems more and more like the only way out - from revolt.