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It's very bad. The constitutional rule of law has been suspended, and the state has been captured by hostile interests. The complete abdication of responsibilit
by gregates 2y ago
It's very bad. The constitutional rule of law has been suspended, and the state has been captured by hostile interests. The complete abdication of responsibility of the part of Republicans in Congress has made this possible.
The judicial branch is still active and is issuing ruling after ruling that what Trump & Musk are doing is illegal, but it remains to be seen what force that has.
At some point this has to come down to the people. When does it become clear that the looting of the state needs to be stopped at all costs? The fear is Americans are overall too wealthy and comfortable, and too compromised by propaganda, to risk anything to stop it.
It may be the best we can hope for that a Democratic wave election is still possible in 2026, at which point we can begin to undo the damage and try to prevent a reoccurrence. That's an optimistic outlook.
- zapkyeskrill 2y agoThere was an opportunity after his first term and nothing came of it. His actions were indicative enough and yet he's back again. People are asleep at the wheel and won't wake up until they crash, at which point it's usually too late. And if by some miracle they survive without being severely handicapped for the rest of their life they don't learn and repeat the mistake a few years down the line!
- pas 2y agoThe slow system was not able to do shit in 4 years. Not to mention that democracy (control by the people) itself is merely an empty label, like "control of the means of production", because people are also controlled (influenced to a great degree) by many things. In this case, it seems, the neoreactionary movement convinced a critical mass of people. Even though Trump's approval rating is the lowest of all presidents, and will likely continue to drop, but will that be enough to get an anti-Trump supermajority after the midterms? (Unlikely.)
- ifyoubuildit 2y ago"...and the state has been captured by hostile interests." I'm not going to claim what he's doing is all good (though I find it hard to be upset by an attempt to make the federal government smaller). There's certainly a chance this all goes poorly. But when you say hostile, to whom do you mean? A majority approve of what he's doing according to this recent poll: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/09/cbs-news-poll-trump/78372943007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/09/cbs-...
- darkhorse222 2y agoTrump and Elon are purposefully deconstructing the government offices that would regulate their business. Via whatever false promises and claims they made to the public, the net effect is that private corporate owners are dictating the law. If that's not regulatory capture I don't know what is.
- ifyoubuildit 2y ago> private corporate owners are dictating the law Have you ever heard of lobbying? It's been around for a little while. At least the stuff this admin is doing is 1) visible and 2) has majority approval. Your typical bigco buying a senator for laws is pretty well under the radar usually.
- QuantumGood 2y agoA majority of those who say "more please" when receiving propaganda "agree" with it. The interests of those receiving cover for their actions via that propaganda are not related to the interests of those being deceived.
- ifyoubuildit 2y agoI don't get what you're saying. Are you saying the people's approval doesnt matter because they're not smart enough?
- QuantumGood 2y agoApproval matters. Manipulation also matters. For example, if people are lied to that A will happen to get their approval, and the true intent is for B to happen, and B happens, and people are told that A happened, were their rights to choose trampled on? And it gets more complicated from there.