Comment on In the US, is this actually the moment past the point of no return?

• bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well, by now the Supreme Court has been supplanted and intent to overthrow democracy has been shown. That’s a big difference to last time. So it’s not exactly the same situation.

  But we’ll see how robust American democracy is.

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  • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, forcing Trump onto the ballot despite the insurrection because congress hadn’t passed a law to enforce the constitution and then making the president a fucking king are a huge difference from 2016. Not to mention Trump appointed jusges throwing out his cases and his 34 felonies not being a sign that he should 't be elected again after his disastrous first term.

    Yeah, this is way worse and the only hope is Republican infighting keeping the worst from happening again.

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• Slovene@feddit.nl ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  How fast is God speed?

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  • tate@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The saying is really about asking god to remove obstacles from your path and facilitate faster travel. A little like “goodbye” is a very shortened “may god be with you.”

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    • bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      TIL the etymology of goodbye is a contraction of “god be with you.”

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      • NineMileTower@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Which is why I always just say, “Later, butt sniffers.”

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      • tate@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Kinda makes “bye bye” seem a little weird, eh?

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  • NineMileTower@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    More than 55 mph, that’s for sure.

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  • rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Infinite, I guess?

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