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[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Why not just take the money and vote dem anyway?

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[–] courageousstep@lemm.ee 355 points 1 week ago (23 children)

If this arrest doesn't happen, democracy is one step closer to the grave.

A lot of shit has happened to destroy democracy so far (has anyone been keeping a list?), but if billionaires see that they can now buy votes, nothing will stop them from doing it over and over again. We will be Russia.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 133 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

and its becoming blatant and bold

Muskrat isn't doing this for any other reason other than to test and expand the boundaries. It's challenging the American people .... if he can go this far and allowed to get away with it, then it will become the norm. The fault won't be that he is doing it ... the fault will be the American people who put up with this crap.

I've given up on trying to understand dumb American politicians .... I'm completely disillusioned and lost hope in the American people.

It's not a small group of billionaires that will destroy democracy in America ... it will be an entire nation of people who just stand aside and watch everything burn without saying or doing a thing about it.

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[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 56 points 1 week ago (4 children)

At this point democracy is so far underground that only a Level 17 necronancer can resurrect it

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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (6 children)

If this arrest doesn't happen, democracy is one step closer to the grave.

Worry not, most Americans are bravely waiting until they have no options left and literally living in squalor before considering any action

In the last 8+ years I have seen the goal post for action moved so many times, I have lost all hope Americans will actually do something for themselves

I guess you won't make fun of French people anymore

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 264 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Arrest Of Elon Musk For Felony Vote Buying

YES! FINALLY!

Demanded In Wisconsin

Dude, don't tease me like that

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 82 points 1 week ago (3 children)

State law. Rrump can't pardon it away.

[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 152 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Let me know when he's actually arrested and charged.

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Won't happen. While I think all this institutional resistance is good. All of the lawsuits and judge rulings should only be seen as a way meant to delay. Fascism is here. You don't unravel it using the existing institutions and systems.

Delay and prepare. Learn who all your neighbors are. Make sure you can contact all of them quickly and that they can contact you. Your neighbors and your coworkers are who you should be organizing with. Talk to them. Find out who might be a target by ICE. Find out which one of them you can't trust. And of course. Arm yourself.

Elons not getting arrested but we don't have to let them arrest us either. If there is no justice for Elon we can't allow anymore injustice to us.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 108 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Seriously, who would arrest a billionaire? It seems like he has a suit of armor made of money that everyone won't touch. If anyone else walked into the federal agencies and did what he did, they would have been arrested.

[–] ravelin@lemmy.ml 62 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Aside from his money, he is also politically important now. I think that protects him more than anything else now. But he bought political importance with his money, so it's related.

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[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 49 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Throw the dirty immigrant deep in an El Salvadoran prison. Fucking dirtbag. Give him a taste of his own medicine.

[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

It's imperative they perp walk him through the street in chains with 20 armed police officers first. Maybe the mayor can come out for the photo op

[–] Nangijala 43 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Put out an arrest on Peter Thiel too, since he is the real puppet master of all this bs.

[–] RidderSport@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago

Pls do, but we don't take that shit stain back

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 6 days ago

Billionaires found a cheat code with stochastic terror. Super effective and seems impossible to legislate around.

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (15 children)

state charges too, Trump cant pardon those. Maybe thats the answer for republican law breakers, move all the federal laws to the state books. (Or maybe thats a bad idea, I'm not a lawyer)

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[–] some_dude@lemm.ee 34 points 1 week ago

Let me just hold my breath real quick

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good! Someone lock him up!

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[–] KingOogaBooga@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

please, please, please.....oh man...please....I love Wisconsin cheese....please.

Nice rhyme. I really like it.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 28 points 1 week ago

I've wanted to see him arrested for a while now too. I wonder if there's a way to class-action sue him for trashing the government/economy. After all, he's unelected and not even technically a government employee - just some rich asshole granted authority without mandate.

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