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• dlev_pika 8mo ago
  So cool we can bet on whether the Trump admin will attempt another coup - what a time to be alive
• SpicyLemonZest 8mo ago
  The terms of these markets do not account for a scenario, quite likely if authoritarian takeover does happen, where the House of Representatives is a rump organization which does not exercise effective power. There was a years-long period in Venezuela where the country's traditional legislature met and conducted business under the leadership of the opposition party, but actual legislative power was held jointly by the Supreme Court and a secondary legislature that Nicolas Maduro set up.
• netsharc 8mo ago
  The branch of government tasked to execute the law has been ignoring laws. So we'll get a (from Trump's point of view) adversarial congress, so what, let's ignore them, what are they going to do about it? Looking forward to a military platoon defying orders and seizing the president, hey, all countries suffer through coups, about time this young democracy go through one!
  • dylan604 8mo ago
    > about time this young democracy go through one! Did you skip class they day that discussed the Civil War?
    • netsharc 8mo ago
      Did somebody skip class where that's an attempt of secession, not an overtake of power? Well, Jan 6 was an attempted coup...