...and citizenship rights. All of it can be traced back to senators making decisions that bucked the norms of Roman political society and attempted to shut out any opposition voice (beginning with the rich attempted to monopolize and privatize land). My biggest fear right now is that the U.S. will.. - ThreadSky

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sixfish11.bsky.social • 118 days ago

...and citizenship rights. All of it can be traced back to senators making decisions that bucked the norms of Roman political society and attempted to shut out any opposition voice (beginning with the rich attempted to monopolize and privatize land). My biggest fear right now is that the U.S. will..

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sixfish11.bsky.social•118 days ago

..go down the same path. Our entire political establishment has been increasingly shameless in the aftermath of the Reagan revolution (the roots go deeper, I know) and in the wake of the culture wars and the proliferation of internet to the average person radicalization has become the norm...

sixfish11.bsky.social•118 days ago

... to the point that you can probably convince many average people that incredibly illegal or unethical things are totally justifiable when done by people in power they like. This is mainly a comment on Republicans and Trump as democrats have yet to establish a cult leader like him, but that...

sixfish11.bsky.social•118 days ago

...doesn't mean it can't happen. We need to watch carefully how Trump uses the military within the borders of the U.S. during the next 4 years, as well as how he uses his pardon power. While he may have vast sweeping legal powers, his treatment of norms will set the tone for decades to come.

sixfish11.bsky.social•118 days ago

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Apologies for poor grammar and sentence structure. I typed this on my phone at night right after hearing about President Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter. I'm worried.

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