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The following comments have me coming across as acting very paranoid, but they're how I genuinely feel right now.

Some of you are acting as if the next year and a half is gonna go smoothly and that the 2026 midterms will be a perfect opportunity for the Blue Party to tear down MAGA once and for all. Well, let me tell you folks something, what matters most is what we should be doing at this very moment.

It seems that if we're not gonna continue to focus on tearing this admin down sooner than 2026, this nation could be seriously screwed by that year the more they continue to freely enact these unpopular neo-fascist policies and face very little consequences for them. Not to mention, the Orange Man is already being officially exposed for his ties to a billionaire pedophile and credibly accused of aiding him in the brutal rape of children. Why nobody in power wants to see it as a genuine moral transgression is deeply disturbing.

Seriously, I have had enough of this talk about the midterms! I instead want us all to keep using our collective voices to demand this whole presidency gets taken down sooner than late-2026 so we can be able to take this country back from a felon and rapist and his band of incompetent slimeballs.

The sooner they are out of office, the better.


Originally Posted By u/PeeBizzle At 2025-07-14 09:33:52 PM | Source


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[–] zildjiandrummer1@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm curious what people here (and in r/50501) think of the claims from Election Truth Alliance and SMART that the tabulators were hacked a year or two prior, and then a month or so before the election Musk inserted some code into the tabulators to flip the election to Trump.

It's pretty compelling, but that would also be the biggest story of the modern history of our country, so it requires more proof than some statistical irregularities, according to one single group.

I'm a bit skeptical about ETA because they could just as easily be scamming people to get donations, but hopefully it turns out we can catch Trump/Musk and convict them for rigging the election.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Wait. Are still assuming the US justice system GAF?

gestures at WALL-E mountains of felonies

Whatever you're smoking, can I have some?

[–] knightly@pawb.social 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Basically this, but with less attitude.

Elections in the USA have never been free nor fair. The Federalist papers reveal that the intent was explicitly to blunt the influence of the democratic process so that it could not threaten the standing and power of the wealthy capitalists who effectively owned the colonies and objected to paying for shipping on their taxes.

[–] zildjiandrummer1@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not even talking about all of the bomb threats or systemic voter suppression like strict voter ID laws, registration purges right before the election, blatantly unconstitutional gerrymandering (literally ruled by several state supreme courts, and the Republican state legislatures said "what you gonna do about it?"), voter intimidation, and limiting polling locations for poor, Democrat-leaning areas.

Those are all terrible enough, but actively interfering with the already cast votes would be a new level of rigging.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

FWIW, you're still commenting on recent events in a side conversation that offers a far wider scope in order to broaden your understanding of "how we got here" insofar as "this and more has been SOP for centuries", citizen.

[–] zildjiandrummer1@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I understand the history of the US. Just because it's happened in the past doesn't mean we shouldn't be outraged at it happening even more blatantly now, in 2024.

"Slavery has always been a thing, so you shouldn't be surprised"... That's what your comment sounds like.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I get that you're a drummer and all, but let's open your perspective up and "assume" that this is bigger than just "the US" and endemic to the global system of governance for millennia. At no point did I recommend you be less outraged, but focus brings efficient use of attention, intention, action, etc. — which we're all in short supply of these days (just the way they like it). Breathe. Think. We are not so dissimilar, friend.

[–] zildjiandrummer1@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

lol ok, you do you

No one said anything about this not being the norm since humans have lived in communities. You seem to just want to chat, maybe go outside and talk to real people, it might help a bit.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

That tracks. You stay focused on the beat, then. You're doing great.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Basically this, but with less attitude.

Hey. They call it vulgar Latin for a reason. Besides, it's only a smidge, and the inherent vitriol is aimed at the system, not the commenter. 🙇🏼‍♂️😜

[–] zildjiandrummer1@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

not the current US DoJ patsies, but enough citizens would have to force Congress to push for charges at least

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

In this, and many other examples, "patsy" and "complicit" are near equals; the vast majority of US leadership is to blame — and has been for a very very long time.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Rump basically said on camera that felon rigged the election. I don't understand why anyone would still dispute the fairness of the election. I also don't understand how this wasn't the biggest news in the world when it happened.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

The entire governmental system needs to be ripped up and burned at the roots. We need to rewrite all of our important documents so as to spell out how things work in detail with no clear loopholes (there will always be something) and clear ways to deal with the situation when they are found. There needs to be absolutely ZERO reliance on cultural norms or handshake agreements. Every single thing needs explicitly written out.

There is no method by which we return to the government that we had in any stability.