• WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    Future histories of the decline and fall of the US in the wake of the Trump-led autocratic coup d’etat are going to focus to a notable degree on the overt corruption and malfeasance of others in the government that effectively eliminated checks and balances and made the coup possible.

    And John Roberts is going to be first on the list.

    • UniversalMonk@anarchist.nexusOPM
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      4 days ago

      Doubt it. I agree with the points you’re making here, but I don’t think policymakers in either party are brave enough to really look at themselves and ask how they contributed to this mess.

      It’s easier to point fingers at the obvious cartoonish villains than to actually reflect on their own failures. Until that changes, the same shit will keep repeating. As it always has, as it always will. lol