• Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      I think it is pretty clear he has no power, and is not actually involved in “doing” anything. He is just the mannequin saying whatever it is they want him to say.

    • D_C@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      I never did, even before he jumped on the coattails of the obese orange paedo.

      On the positive side, his appearance and meandering uselessness did give us quite a few memes and laughs on the way.

  • Typhoon@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    For a politician to openly say he doesn’t give a shit is a very dangerous sign.

    An elected official speaking like this to the public means they’ve completely lost their fear of repercussions. They’ve lost their fear of public backlash, of public perception. They’ve lost their fear of being voted out.

    It means that in his mind there’s nothing to fear. He thinks he’s untouchable. He’s above you and everything you think and do. He’s your ruler and you’re his subject.

    It means he’s no longer afraid of you having a democracy.

  • Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world
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    The only real accomplishment he’ll get is non-US-controlled war crime trials for US military personell. Perhaps even politicians.

    According to the Geneva conventions (which the US is a party to), the prospective war criminal’s state basically gets first dibs to prosecute their own war criminals. What this means is they can be game the system and be incredibly lenient - they just need to keep the appearance of impartiality.

    A real alternative is another party stepping up. Historically that was the other side of the war, but today most likely an international org.

  • vga@sopuli.xyz
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    7 months ago

    After what Russia’s done in the last 10 years without any real consequences, nobody gives a shit anymore.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Nothing new for the conservatives; this is just another one of their public figures now saying what they have been saying for decade upon decade behind closed doors.

    This is exactly what the conservative movement is about. Rules? Those don’t apply to US!

  • mechoman444@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Mussolini was captured by Italian partisans on April 27, 1945, while attempting to flee to Switzerland disguised as a German soldier. The following day, April 28, he and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were executed by firing squad near the village of Giulino di Mezzegra in northern Italy.

    Their bodies were then transported to Milan, hung upside down in a public square (Piazzale Loreto), and displayed before a crowd. This was done both as punishment and as a warning, since the same square had earlier been the site where Fascists executed resistance fighters.

    Just saying.

  • dan1101@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    These Nazis need to learn the meaning of due process, like those other Nazis. Enjoy your time of freedom couch fucker. No couches in prison.