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The neat thing about the US is that governments are overthrown regularly by automatic operation of law: 12pm on the 20th of January 2028, in the case of the 47t
by yrro 1y ago
The neat thing about the US is that governments are overthrown regularly by automatic operation of law: 12pm on the 20th of January 2028, in the case of the 47th president. I'm sure you know this but I feel everyone needs to remind themselves of this immutable fact regularly until then.
- dandanua 1y agoYou are 8 months in since your last 20th of January and your chief turd already collected all top military officials and started his speech by intimidating them. There is no such thing as "automatic operation of law".
- Vegenoid 1y ago> immutable Do not make the mistake of believing laws are as concrete as code. There are many, many instances throughout history of the powerful people who are responsible for enforcing the laws, deciding to suddenly change or ignore them.
- sleight42 1y agoTrue. But not if the game is rigged by gerrymandering. Or a false emergency used as an excuse to delay the election. Or...
- baobun 1y agoHe seems set on causing enough turmoil that elections would be postponed due to war, civil or otherwise. I bet he got the idea from looking at Zelensky in Ukraine.