TheMostReverendJim

Yes, it would.

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And, as I pointed out, no civilisations have made it that far, either, so I don't find your point as comforting as you do.

No, dipshit, he enforces it - as SO many others have pointed out here - by using its power over federal apparatus, mainly by cutting off cash. XOs do have the power of law in that area, as the article you are cherry-picking does point out.

My point with North Korea - they are proving that it isn't common but that it can be done - so far.

The longest running of modern times would have to be the Kim dynastic dictatorship in North Korea, I believe - 1948 to 2025 and still going.

I'm sure I'll end up down that Wiki rabbit-hole before the day is out. 🙂

What Is an Executive Order? One of the most common “presidential” documents in our modern government is an executive order. Every American president has issued at least one, totaling more than (as of this writing) 13,731 since G...

"Both executive orders and proclamations have the force of law, much like regulations issued by federal agencies, so they are codified under Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations ..."

So, sure, man - tell me more 🙄

A fate that may very well befall this civilisation, given climate change and whatnot.

At some point is a very amorphous concept which can be multiple generations away, so this may go on longer than any of us would even realise. No dictatorship lasting since the beginning of history is not that comforting as a great deal of the civilisations that spawned them have disappeared as well.

These people in 1933: "don't be so single issue about Jewish rights"

The Trump regime is taking numerous steps every day to lock Vance in as his follow-up. Peter Thiel and his ilk expect returns on their investments. It's real. You can read about it in papers every single day.

To spell it out, the reason I hate democrats so much and criticize them more than I do republicans is because they take up all the space for opposition to republicans and use that space to give republicans whatever the fuck they want.

Starry-eyed bullshit.

Because they'll adapt to whatever the situation is at the time. No one can foresee where Federalist Society freaks will go to support whatever Trump wants to do, but you can rest assured that they exist and will do it. If they find the right code words to appease SCROTUS, it'll be signed off on.

See below.

Yep. It'll take decades to even try to undo what he has done already, given GOP court control and such. Any attempt to reverse his policies will be ruled unconstitutional by the Roberts Court.

Sure, bruh, that's - generally - the accusation that everyone has parroted like it actually stops anything, as Trump has done pretty much what he's wanted to for the past few months. All the empty, starry-eyed bullshit epitomised on here sure as fuck hasn't stopped him.

Yeah, no one can answer that.

Exactly.

Like the current SCROTUS cares about relevance ...

Absolutely this.

Yep, this is what all these internet badasses never want to answer. The one dude that was "I'll act like a free person" ... okay, all the people in El Salvador did that, too, until they ended up in a foreign prison. 🤷‍♂️

I don't know who originally wrote it or remember who I first heard it from but "A liberal is someone who opposes every war except the current war and supports all civil rights movements except the one that’s going on right now." is the truest thing ever said and it just keeps on getting truer

No, it simply does not. History points out myriad dictators that have died on satin sheets in luxury beds, and to suggest otherwise is somewhere between disingenuous and dishonest.

I have high hopes. Recent "The Best Horror of the Year" anthologies just have not scared me, which is the cardinal sin in horror anthology editing.

No, it rings true because people have always had a weakness for stories that tell of endings we wish would happen instead of what actually happens, the same reason fairy tales and mythologies have persisted. They tell nice stories that people like about things that never, ever happen in real life.

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“AIPAC shakur” 😬

Chuck, portrayed by Paul Scheer, a member of the Good Place Committee: "He's got a point. The fair thing for us to do is just keep giving up more and more stuff we want, unilaterally, until this demon is finally happy."

The Democrats every single day: