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Quids are the best Pro Quos
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My new conspiracy theory: Vance is a made man for the Technate, and the plan has always been to get him into the Presidency. Trump will be enabled to act as corruptly as he wants, until an impeachment succeeds. Vance will step in and fulfill Thiel’s program. Trump lands softly, and the Matrix is built.
until an impeachment succeeds
I found a flaw in your theory
dammit. I think you’re right.
Thank you
Corruption is a hell of a drug!
Talleyrand, I think, took bribes for shapes of the borders in treaties he affected.
literally it is what’s had been. we have no spine
Umm the burden is on the one making the claim. It’s also customary on the net to site the source so… No I didn’t.
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Americans will just get mad post on Reddit and then go back to watching YouTube, Twitch in the hovel of their choice until ice comes for them and they will say no no not me you said it was the “others”. They are not watching the news. Bills to make furries the bad guys. Bills to make 2SLGBTQIA+ bad guys. Starting to grumble(by grumble I mean “we need to outlaw this stuff” talk) about what should and should not be on Twitch and other platforms. Grumbling about gamers and certain games. The list of buried stuff in the bills that are coming out is staggering.
They Came by Pastor Martin Niemöller
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for meFirst they came for the sanctions against a country on the opposite side of the world 😔
What do you propose?
You’re not going to Luigi the guy, security is far tighter and he’s had a couple “attempts”. Protesting is happening and barely accomplishing anything. The judicial system is doing more than i expected but he’s ignoring it in many cases. Congress WILL NOT impeach him unless there’s a switch in party majorities but that’s a ways off.
I often ask this too non Americans foolishly assume we aren’t doing anything. the problem is that, or system is strategically designed to give us the illusion of a voice. same with the right to bear arms, if the state was ever worried about those arms being aimed at them we wouldn’t have a service amendment.
there’s nothing really left to do with corruption actually the upper echelon, besides fed posting teir stuff which is unrealistic for many people.
I am not an american. All I know is if citizens just keep doing nothing the us will become just like the fascists in Germany did in WWII. It is up to them to do something or nothing. Time will tell.
I mean, his enablers are just as guilty. The entire christofascist movement would have had a hard time getting anywhere if it weren’t for a few key corporations providing the services and technological development required to enforce or at least facilitate the enforcement of this ideology. I am being intentionally vague here.
All I know is that I go out of my way to discriminate against and fuck over people who support things that fuck me over.
Don’s your uncle!
It’s the
elephanthorse in the room, and it’s braying.
He did quid pro quo with Ukraine his first term and he got away with it so why not keep doing it.
Is this maybe taken out of context. Normalising relations with the new Syrian government is happening and Sharaa could have floated as a sign of more open trade and capital flows.
I think it’s more likely to Sharaa trying to tell Trump what he wants to hear very successfully.
Trump is corrupt and a Trump tower is a very low price for normalising relations, Sharaa is playing to Trumps corrupt tendencies.
I would be surprised if some Trump minion with a backchannel didn’t make the initial ask.
My friend, even if this is the way to handle Trump, it’s not okay for anyone. Imagine other leaders could be as easily bought. There’s a reason we don’t want bribery in politics.
There’s a reason the Supreme Court “normalized relations” with SuperPACs
I’d argue it’s savvy and not corrupt by Sharaa. Just as selling weapons for concessions only he sold land for sanctions lifted. It’s the US that has an incredibly self serving president and Syria with a leader that serves Syria.
I understand Syria. Trump is the one I have issues with. And I’m sorry if I sounded arrogant.
It’s clearly unethical and terrible, but I am now considering the possibilities.
For instance, Elon Musk funds his campaign. Next thing you know, Trump is hocking EVs at the White House and MAGA is out buying Tesla.
Want to support Ukraine? Tell Trump you’ll buy millions of his shitcoin in exchange for pressure on Russia.
If you want climate action, go bribe Trump. If you can beat the oil companies at it, congrats, we can start to actually battle AGW by taking advantage of one severely corrupt individual who wields more power than he should.
I fucking hate this state of things, but I see a silver lining.
We already had bribery in politics, the media just doesn’t talk about it like they do with Trump and other particularly egregious ‘fall guys’ like Clarence Thomas.
I know that we have it, but I also know that I don’t want it. Besides that there’s a difference between 5,000 in an interest group cash bribe and a 400 million plane.
Edit: Sorry, I was referring to the wrong bribe. I meant the Trump Tower that will probably cost an awful lot as well.
Does the amount really matter if the effect is the same?
Offered him a tower and a plane. They’re trolling the US.
Next they’ll offer him another very similar tower, perhaps twin-like.
The UK is offering steel beams.
