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Trump got elected. Imagine if the US government threatened to refuse to work with anyone who's got "inaccurate" news, according to the republican definition of
by candiodari 10y ago
Trump got elected. Imagine if the US government threatened to refuse to work with anyone who's got "inaccurate" news, according to the republican definition of the word.
More generally, the definition of acceptable opinion will shift to something you will find unacceptable, and this system will still be in place.
Note: before you say that'd be illegal, I'd like to remind you that the republicans control Congress, the Senate and the presidency, and soon the Supreme Court and the Fed. Illegal actions for the republicans is effectively only things that violate the constitution, and only when so judged by republican judges.
- LyndsySimon 10y agoThis is my greatest hope for the next four years - that Trump's blatant exercise of state power against his political adversaries (where his predecessors have wielded it quietly for the same purpose) will drive Congress and the judiciary to curtail the power of the Presidency back to something resembling Constitutional limits.