• flop_leash_973@lemmy.world
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    And a surprisingly (depressingly) large number of law and order preaching conservatives are supportive of him doing it, despite him not being allowed to do that literally being written into the highest legal document in the country.

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      At this point, we should also legalize becoming a President if you’re not born in the USA.

      Imagine Zohran Mamdani as President…

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      They just say things in pursuit of their goals. Maybe sometimes they don’t even realize because they’re riding the emotional high of siding with their in-group, but some do. Some know they’re lying scumbags.

      But might makes right. What’re you going to do to stop them? Nothing. None of us do anything. So the scumbags keep winning.

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      Pieces of paper are just pieces of paper if it’s not enforced.

      And lucky us, laws are only enforced against us, not for us. In reality, for the average person, the law kind of doesn’t matter anymore. It’s been hijacked as a useful tool for neo-fascist oligarchs.