CURRENT EVENTS - May 1 - May 6

Mulberry Heel said:
So far this year it would appear that the rest of the democratic world is rejecting Trumpism and Trumpist politicians in their nations - and often decisively. Too bad Americans won't do the same. Instead his personal cult adores him as much as ever.
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If we have free and fair elections, I believe the US will reject Trumpism in 2026 and 2028. Unfortunately, I don’t believe we will have free and fair elections, maybe ever again.
 
Kingpin said:
If we have free and fair elections, I believe the US will reject Trumpism in 2026 and 2028. Unfortunately, I don’t believe we will have free and fair elections, maybe ever again.
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“ever again” is too far, but otherwise agree. Dictatorships fall with regularity, and democratic elections frequently occur in the aftermath.
 
Healing said:
“ever again” is too far, but otherwise agree. Dictatorships fall with regularity, and democratic elections frequently occur in the aftermath.
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The problem is that the easiest group to unite when it happens is white Christians who still favor Trump. I'm not going to want even an attenuated Trump.
 
mpaer said:
Yea
The demand is kind of the problem-the rest is just capitalism meeting demand
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Hell, a major factor is that we focus on prohibition and criminalization instead of education and mitigation. How much less damage would drugs cause if the ones used were purified, properly identified and in controlled amounts? Add the ability to seek help without opening yourself to criminal charges. We. could hardly have a more counterintuitive approach.
 
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finesse said:
Hell, a major factor is that we focus on prohibition and criminalization instead of education and mitigation. How much less damage would drugs cause if the ones used were purified, properly identified and in controlled amounts? Add the ability to seek help without opening yourself to criminal charges. We. could hardly have a more counterintuitive approach.
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And the overall law enforcement "plan" has always confused me . I met a lot of drug dealers in my Prison do-good stuff for about 20 years . Now they were all guilty and so they got what they signed up for. But way it works' local LE is "rewarded" for busting a few low level dealers every month , but they are 100% replaceable-no impact really on drug dealing in the community. Maybe I watch too ,many cop shows-but I don't understand why the "plan" isn't to work on just distrubting the Big boys .
 
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