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Americans are slowly realizing they're living in a plutocracy (lemmy.ml)

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[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

They may get off. But I highly doubt Kristy Noem and Stephen Miller will. Or even Greg Bovino. The people responsible for the policies that led to those murders will be held accountable.

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Not sure if you're doing a bit, but i'll bite: Can you recall any historical examples of US public officials being held accountable for their obviously-criminal policy decisions? Eg, remind me who from the Bush administration went to prison due to the fact that they (as Obama put it) "tortured some folks"? And who from the Obama administration went to prison for any of their war crimes (eg)? What makes you think it will be different for people like Noem and Miller? 🤔

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca -2 points 5 hours ago

You don't see that this is different? Or, that things are changing? People slept-walked through Trump's first term because he didn't really push any hard boundaries. He lacked the infrastructural support to do much, outside the usual lines.

Then we watched the Biden administration basically try and "return to normal", and let everything that did happen, slide...just like they've always done before.

...so, now here we are watching full-blown fascism take over the country, as a direct result of that failure to act.

And you think nothing is going to happen, this time either? I think you are vastly underestimating how angry people are.