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Donald Trump threatens to imprison Biden, Harris, Pelosi, and others. Experts are worried (www.usatoday.com)

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[–] Hegar@fedia.io 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"It's extremely dangerous for democracy, this idea that the winner just puts the loser in prison, prosecutes the loser," Richard Painter, a former White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush

Really? Abandoning the rule of law to imprison your rivals is dangerous for democracy?

This is exactly the level of "expert" opinion I expect from someone who was paid to justify torture for the proto-trump administration.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

How are these experts gonna make any money from their degree when seemingly all of politics is bad and simple enough for elementary kids?

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I totally could have told you that too. Am I an expert now?

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

Depends. Do you get money offered for weighing in in the matter?

[–] Dr_Fetus_Jackson@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

He's said since the '16 election exactly who he is and you're just now getting worried?!

[–] taanegl@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

People who still believe in "the elites" being a problem is a moron, because they can't see that the issues are systemic and that since we have a hierarchical system we can only accept that theres a certain amount of corruption as discrepancies.

Taking down anyone whose anyone that can challenge your power is not a discrepancy. That's a full blown red flag that we would have some Africans who suffered through greedy fuelled conflicts shaking their heads.

It's not that "if you cut off a head a new one grows in it's place", it's a literal power vacuum that someone else has to occupy and when you then put your own yes-men into those roles, a'la what Project 25 specifies, then you've got yourself a potential Putin situation. You can take it one further by executing them one by one like Saddam did.

In any case, Trump really is the endurance test to see if a despot can take over and destroy US democracy.