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As an American citizen, I've honestly never understood exactly why the piece of shit wasn't given the only punishment (that I know of, anyway) befitting a traitor a long way back... I mean, my personal feelings on the matter are that if you - in any capacity, really, though particularly that of someone in a leadership position- attempt to incite, encourage, or otherwise amplify an insurrectionist mob, then that makes YOU an INSURRECTIONIST. Full stop.
Which also makes you guilty of treason. (Full stop, again.)
So... Why, again, was this not dealt with as it should've been? Whaf a fucking joke
Even if you were to believe that he weren't technically guilty of treason when he incited an insurrection, it was legally decided by a judge that he had, in fact, engaged in insurrection against the US. Section 3 of the 14th amendment explicitly states that he shouldn't have been eligible to run for office. Him being president at all is in violation of the Constitution.
Even then, Trump isn't the root problem.
I agree with everything you've said (for whatever that's worth, being from outside the US) - but the primary issue is the 30%+ of folk who are voting for this arsehole, along with the 30%+ of folk who didn't care enough to vote against it.
Following that logic, it doesn't matter whether it's Trump, Hitler, Musk, Orban, Putin or whatever going for the post - it doesn't even matter whether they're constitutionally permitted to stand for office, if there's an overwhelming number of folk who don't give a fuck and vote that way anyway, then there's your bigger problem.
Well, apparently insurrections are legal in the US 🤷
Only the ones the rich and powerful approve of.
Because the wealthy aren’t beholden to any laws
you started a great question, but then you got distracted.
i think that the BIG part that's missing from the american eqution is actual fucking americans. y'all have been sat in your couches for so long that you don't think you can actually stand for anything any more.
edit - you know, it's a pretty small world here. you can reply instead of just downvoting me.
I'm sorry, what? What do you mean I 'got distracted'? My comment wasn't long enough to 'get distracted' in, for one lol... All jokes aside, I'm gonna be honest, I've re-read it a couple of times now and I'm still not seeing what you could be talking about... I'd say it reads pretty singularly of focus, more than anything, so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
you should stage an insurrection.
Please lecture us about American history some more.
Letting rich white people get away with treason is quite literally a tradition here.