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Elessar Zappa

(14,083 posts)
1. It goes with the conservative mindset.
Fri Apr 26, 2024, 06:33 AM
Apr 26

They want the law to protect the rich and powerful but not bind them while the poor should not be protected by the law but still bound to it. That’s not my quote but I can’t remember who originally said it.

Bettie

(16,129 posts)
4. Well, he sees that other "leaders" have it and he wants it
Fri Apr 26, 2024, 07:14 AM
Apr 26

Look at who he admires: Putin, Erdogan, the Kim Jong Un...the list goes on, all are dictators who have zero accountability.

I could add Netanyahu to that list, since he never seems to lose any power no matter what he does either.

He wants what those other guys have....a permanent hold on power and zero accountability.

Irish_Dem

(47,471 posts)
5. Yes he wants what the other autocrats have.
Fri Apr 26, 2024, 07:18 AM
Apr 26

Total permanent power, no accountability, and access to all national financial assets.

Bettie

(16,129 posts)
6. And some on the highest court in our nation
Fri Apr 26, 2024, 07:20 AM
Apr 26

are willing to give it to him.

My only hope is that the rich people who own them don't want it to go quite that far.

Irish_Dem

(47,471 posts)
7. The billionaires seem fine with a US autocracy.
Fri Apr 26, 2024, 07:24 AM
Apr 26

They think they can get richer under Trump.

They don't understand Trump will throw them under the bus as soon as he is done using them.
He will want a cut of their profits.

Aussie105

(5,437 posts)
9. What a deal!
Fri Apr 26, 2024, 08:26 AM
Apr 26

Who doesn't want to act out their basic instincts, knowing in advance no one can stop you and no one will punish you after?

I guess . . . anyone with a conscience, morals, a dose of social ethics, and some intelligence?

But TSF and a few others are immune from those potentially self-restricting factors.

Hugin

(33,222 posts)
11. Well, really the accountability of a Supreme Court Justice, a corporation, or...
Fri Apr 26, 2024, 09:34 AM
Apr 26

A gestational-American.

Toddlers have loads of responsibility and accountability. They’re expected to pull themselves up by their bootie straps and get to work at the first breath.

I don’t know why everyone thinks that the SCrOTUS will let an interloper into their exclusive gig.

Irish_Dem

(47,471 posts)
12. The Unsupreme Court is torn.
Fri Apr 26, 2024, 09:45 AM
Apr 26

They don't want to give anyone more power than they have.

But Trump will deliver their Christian GOP dogma to the populace.
And prevent the left from working for the people.

We shall see how they thread the needle to their benefit.

Hugin

(33,222 posts)
14. They've backed themselves into a Hobson's Choice...
Fri Apr 26, 2024, 10:03 AM
Apr 26

Sharing ultimate power with someone who doesn’t share power. That’s why they are floating futuristic hypotheticals.

If it were some GOP Establishment Approved drone, their verdict would have been rendered before it was even brought before them… But, you know. Trump. They don’t like the guy either.

They do want all the powerz, though. What to do? PUNT!

Kid Berwyn

(14,979 posts)
13. GOP Mindset of Hypocrisy
Fri Apr 26, 2024, 10:01 AM
Apr 26

Minds tuned for Trickle-Down Economics: Socialize the Risk & Privatize the Rewards

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