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> On the flip side, let's keep pointing to all the specific Trump examples. "They" (the cult that worships Trump) would simply presume "TDS" over such an idea,

> On the flip side, let's keep pointing to all the specific Trump examples. "They" (the cult that worships Trump) would simply presume "TDS" over such an idea, but the fact here is that Trump absolutely is "off his rocker batshit insane" (to a degree we've not seen before in any U.S. president yet), and anyone who claims that he's "good for America" is just as (or more) insane than he is (or they genuinely do hate the U.S.A. and only support him because they know the kinda harm he's capable of doing). Another fact is that if one really gives a damn about corruption, then you gotta start dealin' with it sometime or it just continues to get worse, and now is probably a good time to start, since it's currently lookin' so outta control that nearly everyone with more than a couple of braincells can easily see it and can't plausibly deny it, and givin' it time to fester doesn't seem like such a great idea. Historically it's never once been good to let the rot fester, and it never led to anything good for anyone to do so.

mitxela 21d ago
What can a single person legally do about corruption though?
- blooalien 21d ago
  > What can a single person legally do about corruption though? These days not much it would seem. :(
  - budman1 21d ago
    donate $10 to your local non republican congressional candidate. heck, make it $100
    - VotingIsFake 21d ago
      Fastest way to throw away $100
- pjc50 21d ago
  The big cheap lever that everyone has is voting, and using whatever social leverage you have to get people around you to change their vote. Primary legacy democrats. In NYC, the primary was the real election. Then vote in the replacement Democrat. Replace any Republican in any elected positions, then start taking a closer look at the local D machine.
  - mitxela 21d ago
    What if it doesn't work? What if 40% of voters don't flip their vote just because I say so?
    - bluGill 21d ago
      Recruit more people to help you changed votes.
  - leonidasrup 21d ago
    Democratic Party primaries "Many of the most damaging emails suggest the committee was actively trying to undermine Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign. Basically all of these examples came late in the primary -- after Hillary Clinton was clearly headed for victory -- but they belie the national party committee's stated neutrality in the race even at that late stage." https://web.archive.org/web/20190630070810/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/24/here-are-the-latest-most-damaging-things-in-the-dncs-leaked-emails/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190630070810/https://www.washi...
    - arealaccount 21d ago
      One could argue the DNCs flagrant corruption was a contributor to the current situation
  - rolisz 21d ago
    Maybe if they don't like the results of the elections, they'll hold new ones until the "good" result comes out (true story, happened in Romania (a EU country) two years ago).
- dinfinity 21d ago
  Protest. Insistently try to convince people around you to join you. Initiate and organize these things. The have been many, many protests throughout history. Some did nothing, some changed history. Many of them were done under much, much more dangerous and difficult circumstances than a protest today in the US. Yes, some American protesters have already died at the hands of the authoritarian government, but that is only going to get worse and worse if you let it.

mitxela 21d ago

What can a single person legally do about corruption though?

blooalien 21d ago
> What can a single person legally do about corruption though? These days not much it would seem. :(
- budman1 21d ago
  donate $10 to your local non republican congressional candidate. heck, make it $100
  - VotingIsFake 21d ago
    Fastest way to throw away $100
pjc50 21d ago
The big cheap lever that everyone has is voting, and using whatever social leverage you have to get people around you to change their vote. Primary legacy democrats. In NYC, the primary was the real election. Then vote in the replacement Democrat. Replace any Republican in any elected positions, then start taking a closer look at the local D machine.
- mitxela 21d ago
  What if it doesn't work? What if 40% of voters don't flip their vote just because I say so?
  - bluGill 21d ago
    Recruit more people to help you changed votes.
- leonidasrup 21d ago
  Democratic Party primaries "Many of the most damaging emails suggest the committee was actively trying to undermine Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign. Basically all of these examples came late in the primary -- after Hillary Clinton was clearly headed for victory -- but they belie the national party committee's stated neutrality in the race even at that late stage." https://web.archive.org/web/20190630070810/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/24/here-are-the-latest-most-damaging-things-in-the-dncs-leaked-emails/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190630070810/https://www.washi...
  - arealaccount 21d ago
    One could argue the DNCs flagrant corruption was a contributor to the current situation
- rolisz 21d ago
  Maybe if they don't like the results of the elections, they'll hold new ones until the "good" result comes out (true story, happened in Romania (a EU country) two years ago).
dinfinity 21d ago
Protest. Insistently try to convince people around you to join you. Initiate and organize these things. The have been many, many protests throughout history. Some did nothing, some changed history. Many of them were done under much, much more dangerous and difficult circumstances than a protest today in the US. Yes, some American protesters have already died at the hands of the authoritarian government, but that is only going to get worse and worse if you let it.