Unfortunately, this is EXACTLY how most corrupt systems conduct themselves. Rule of law at the top is voluntary: you stop a corrupt leader by removing him from office (and maybe prosecute after, but he certainly won't let you prosecute while he's in office.)

"You get two dolls and some pencils. I get a golden 747 jumbo jet. See? You get more things than I do. When was the last time you said 'Thank you, Mr. President'?"

The courts are ruling against the administration every day, but with what force would they enforce it? Law enforcement is under the executive branch. For those at the top of the government, the rule of law is entirely voluntary (in your country as well as ours).

Christ, who is, canonically, the figure worshipped by Christians, allowed himself to be crucified in order to save humanity from the consequences of their own sins. Suicidal empathy IS THE RELIGION.

International pressure

I have dream of the every front page, above the fold, directly quoting the president.

The comparative literature disagrees with you on this. Does low approval guarantee overthrow? No, of course not. But it makes keeping control a lot harder and more expensive.

Sure, if you shop at a Whole Foods in a city, the people there will just be normal (read: affluent). But the health food co-op in my red state city is exactly this: half hippie lefties and half tradwife homeschoolers. It is so tense in there that everyone else just shops at Aldi.

Ah. So by "the country" you meant not the country and by 51% you meant not 51%. (P.S. Even if you mean only likely voters, he is already at substantially less than 51%.)

He never had 51% of the country in the first place.

Some data from a throwaway survey I did a while ago shows that college educated Dems are the LEAST likely group to describe others/those who disagree as ignorant The most intellectually arrogant responses came from college educated...Republicans

There are laws. It will be challenged in court. What are you struggling to understand?

Oh we had that, except which of 2 majors is first is not chosen by the student, but assigned using some rank ordering from years ago. My dept is near the bottom and almost always assigned second major. Our official major count shows up as 60% what it should be.

Political scientist here: do you actually want an answer or is this rhetorical? Because a state where people vote but the votes don't matter is of course not a democracy. Bare minimum, democracies require univeral suffrage. The US is not coded as a democracy until after the Voting Right Act.

Actually, it may not be legal. Potentially you are committing fraud (if you falsely present yourself as a fed) and either way it is plausibly obstructing the function of government. Doesn't mean it's not worth it, but there is a legal risk.

They also have a lot of (predusumably) laceholder values where they don't have reciepts yet. They're all set to $9,999,999. You don't have to many of these to "save" $100 million made up dollars

looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

Those things can help, but ultimately, protest is what matters. Where rule of law has failed, it's the ONLY thing that matters. Being down on protest for not being enough is not a helpful take. (Source: I'm a political scientist)

We're tired. Very tired.

Do you have a constructive suggestion?

Thank you. This is so important.

Political scientist here. Successful mass action needs many people at the same place and time. The key is having a plan; specifics are mostly irrelevant. Join the largest organization you can that seems to staging action and go. Then call the party and tell them a party-wide plan WOULD BE HELPFUL.

Isn't that exactly and explicitly the plan though?

*I* have a wooden spoon older than me. I am 45.

Political scientist here: no. Please no. Term-limited elected politicians perform worse and rely more on lobbyists, especially with tight limits (e.g. 1-2 terms). Term limits on unelected officials (e.g. SCOTUS) are okay.

President Biden right up close to the surface of the state, I would say