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> You do realize that this is where things are going, right?

This has been going on for decades.

> Have you not heard of the arrests and recent deportations of student protestors?

The legality of which will be decided (hopefully) by the courts. If this turns out to be legal, the fault doesn't lie at the hands of Trump and his cronies, but at a broken system we've had - for decades. Getting rid of him won't solve this. Having checks and balances will.

Much of his and Elon's actions are within the power that has been legally granted to them. And that is the problem. Congress is not limiting those powers. Voters are another part of checks and balances, and they happily wanted to give him those powers.

The problem isn't Trump. It's the country. Been broken for a while, but it took time for someone to clearly demonstrate how broken it is.




Agreed. And nowhere did I say that the problem is Trump. I was simply using current events as proof that we are already in a bad state.




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