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Americans are hoping the system will self-correct

Protests against Trump have not been as large or as militant as they could be. I believe this is due to people believing our institutions will eventually rein in Trump and his collaborators. Perhaps in the mid-term 2026 election. In the past it has generally always worked that way. But now, the system will NOT self-correct.

The institutions that normally steady the ship of state have been corrupted.

The terrible Citizens United decision of 2010 flooded our political system with dark money (bribes).
Republicans in congress are allowing Trump to engage in illegal, unconstitutional actions. Six members of the supreme court have also allowed Trump to engage in treasonous, unconstitutional actions.
The Justice Department has been corrupted.
Checks and balances has been disrupted.
Trump is violating international and U.S. law with attacks on Venezuela, threats to Greenland, threats to Canada.

We the People are going to have to rescue ourselves. We are the Calvary. The time is now to depose Trump and his cabinet.

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VampireQueen · 26-30, F

I think the problem is also the Democratic Party itself.

The problem I’ve seen is the current leadership of the Democrats being composed of people who don’t want the system to change because they only care about protecting their power. Nancy Pelosi and the rest.

Meanwhile you have people like Bernie Sanders getting sidelined because they actually want systemic change. The young generation also wants systemic change. Affordable healthcare, taxing the rich, fighting against corporate corruption.

But our current Democratic leadership is very elitist and only wants to uphold the status quo. Thus undecided voters and centrists lean towards Trump. Even though he himself is authoritarian and openly corrupt, they’ll still tolerate his antics over the Democrats.

If the Democrats ever want to win back the people, they need to get rid of Nancy Pelosi and the other baby boomers who sit by and count their cash. Because they’ve all have been bought out by the corporate private sector years ago.

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BohoBabe · M

@VampireQueen At least with the Democrats, we can maintain the current system. That's not good, but it's much better than the alternative.

Roundandroundwego · 61-69

@VampireQueen yes, a population that refuses to have politics of its own will have only bad outcomes! Obviously USA really needs brutality and clings desperately to the uniparty! -because it's smirking and coming a little in its drawers each time it commits murder or invades a socialist country.

Roundandroundwego · 61-69

@BohoBabe obviously the Dems maintain the US aggression we always get! Everyone should accept that and slowly back away from y'all's uniparty - throughout the West!

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

I agree.. And from what I see, the ballot box isnt going to cut it...😷

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badminton · 61-69, MVIP

@whowasthatmaskedman I believe Trump and MAGAs in congress will try to sabotage the mid-term 2026 election. Or even stop the election from being held at all. A first in American history. We are going to have to get much more serious about protests.

Roundandroundwego · 61-69

@badminton good thing nobody's going to lead a political movement or things might change!

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@badminton I agree.. But so far the whole thing is going quite smoothly for the other side. Miller is a good strategist. Now if I were running it, I would isolate America politically, then collapse the economy to get the people really angry, blaming everyone else. Then declare a state of emergency with extraordinary "temporary" powers to restore order and stabilise things in a "new and better" way.. Letting local militias keep order sounds nice too..😷

BohoBabe · M

The system will self-correct in that the current path is unsustainable. The question is how bad do things need to get, how long do people have to suffer, until the public pushes back?

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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@BohoBabe As long as the Fascism is purely economic, it burns out. Because it consumes more than it produces. Hence Russias need to acquire Crimea and Ukraine...And then we have aggression..😷

BohoBabe · M

@whowasthatmaskedman It depends on how we're defining Fascism. I think it's best defined as a form of Totalitarianism that tries to mold society toward social Conservatism. So the Soviet Union was totalitarian under Lenin, but not fascist. Monarchy is authoritarian, but not totalitarian because the king generally left people alone as long as they paid their taxes. Though there have been periods that we can call fascist under Monarchy, such as the Spanish Inquisition.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@BohoBabe Yes. I accept those points totally. Now here is the catch. A free market economy. (like Unicorns.. No such beast) tends to produce more than it consumes, through reinvestment and innovation. In my terms, the pie gets bigger, so everyone gets a bigger slice.. An oligarchy, or Fascist economy can do the same. But it doesnt. People tend to take a little off the top and before you know it, everyone is doing it and the pie is actually shrinking. This is how Wall st and the banks make their money now. Not through investing. But by taking commissions from every transaction, win or lose. Wall St loves Day traders..
So the ultimate end to this is the economy over time actually shrinks, or fails to grow to its potential. Once confidence drops and the people find a safer/better investment (thats where we are with silver, gold and real estate) the market is one sneeze away from collapse.. So grabbing territory and resources is the way to stave that off for now...😷

Roundandroundwego · 61-69

It's definitely our responsibility to bring down the capitalist oligarchy.

MartinTheFirst · 26-30, M

People are hoping the system can be corrected, more like.

You can not rescue yourself, and as long as you believe that, you can not be rescued.

swirlie · 31-35

That's what Insurrections are for! The time has come for sanity to take America back!

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VampireQueen · 26-30, F

@DavidT8899 Have you ever heard of something called “The American Revolution?”

Spotpot · 46-50, M

@VampireQueen So you support those violent anti american insurrectionsits.

VampireQueen · 26-30, F

@Spotpot I’m anti violence, something Trump is not. Seeing how he ordered his crowd to riot upon the Capitol building in an attempt to overthrow a democratic election.

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