This is a reply to post #15256 by
@laddyd in "Political memes...." thread, as it is a bit lengthy, and not a meme.
"If you or I's net worth went from under 700 thousand to 22 million in a very few years I guarantee we'd be getting a visit from the FBI and the IRS."
This is why he nominated an unqualified corrupt Trump lackey as FBI director, and the IRS is in utter turmoil awaiting confirmation of his nominee, former Rep. Billy Long of Missouri, who once called for the abolishment of the organization itself.
The two reasons I can see that Republicans in either house of congress have not even entertained the idea of impeaching the felon again, is first cowardice. Secondly, he and Musk have likely implicitly, or explicitly in some cases, promised to help them get rich, or just much richer. The tax cuts and robbing from social programs that some people rely on to live are repulsive and unpopular. But, there is much more he is doing to destroy the fabric of the country obviously. He'll claim victory when his cuts have saved money for the country. Unfortunately, people won't have any safety net left to protect them, and the environment will likely endure more irreparable harm. He's cutting agencies that protect food, the environment, and that hold people and corporations accountable.
The USA was founded on dissent. The founders wanted to free itself from the rule of the British monarchy which many viewed as tyrranical. "The Declaration of Independence explicitly accused King George III of tyranny".
Now you have the felon trying to install himself in the same vein, trampling on principal tenets of the constitution, freedom of speech, rule of law, due process etc. He's just past the first 100 days of his administration, with much more breaking of democracy to follow.
As he's done so many times in the past, his plea to his followers on the Ellipse that they'd lose their country if they didn't fight, fight, fight, is proving to be a projection to those who support democracy of what they need to do.
Dissent was what the country was founded on, that created revolution and the greatness of the USA. The idea that people could disagree, were even encouraged to, to create a more perfect union, that considered the rights of all. MAGA is such a lie. America has backslid from democracy, but to allow it to fall into the outright rule of the felon and his sycophants and oligarchs would be much more tragic.
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