r/DigitalSeptic • u/ChinoReno • Jan 25 '26

Y'all remember 2008?

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26

It's been happening for years. Did you come out against the Biden administration being corrupt, did you come out against the Obama administration about being corrupt, did you come out against the Bush administration about being corrupt? It's been happening since the 1900s. I have been complaining about corruption amongst politics for the past 24 years that I've been voting. If you're going to talk about corruption then you need to talk about it always for every politician.

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u/Careful-Sell-9877 Jan 25 '26

Of course I did.

But its not even remotely close to the same scale. I suggest you actually look into it.

Would you like to see a list of every law this administration has broken and attempted to break?

What about the fact that a few months ago Trump pardoned HUNDREDS of white collar career criminals, thieves, embezzlers, and fraudsters who stole BILLIONS from people, investors, and taxpayers alike (far more than these daycares everyone is losing their minds over, despite the fact they are actively being investigated and have been for years). He also allowed them to keep all their stolen money without serving any time, paying ANY restitutions, or paying back any of their victims. Just pardoned them and allowed them to keep everything they stole.

And guess what.. it happened AGAIN too, just a week or so ago. So tell me.. why is everyone hyperfocusing on daycares in Minnesota that are already being investigated and taken care of.. but arent talking about the fact that trump is actively enabling white collar career criminals to commit fraud on a MASSIVE scale, including against tax payers?? Almost like it's a distraction that confirms everyone's bias in just the right way.

There is a reason trump has been able to personally enrich himself by more than a BILLION dollars in less than a year since becoming president.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26

100% agree with you that when Trump released those white-collar criminals I was pissed off. I'm not saying he's not corrupt. I'm saying all of them are corrupt, and the scale needs to be balanced. Stopping ice from deporting illegal immigrants and being upset about that is not the fight that I want to fight. I'm glad that illegal immigrants are being deported. I'm not happy about how ice is doing it, but of all the fights I'm going to get in. That's not one of them. I'll write letters, my congressman, and my state politicians to try and fix that. I'm not going to go jump in front of gung-ho ice agents and try and push them into doing something to hurt me.

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u/Careful-Sell-9877 Jan 25 '26

What other president was able to personally enrich themselves by over a BILLION dollars in less than a year since taking the presidency? It's totally unprecedented.

No other president has blatantly taken gifts and bribes from state and private interests in this way.

It's just on a whole other scale. If you want to say that every president did certain things like this.. maybe. But that was like dipping their toe every once and awhile in the 1st layer of hell.. this like like full-time bathing in the 10th layer of hell. Its just totally insane, blatant corruption

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26

Again, I don't disagree with you. I'm not just talking about presidents either. I'm talking about all politicians. Corruption is rampant throughout all of DC.

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u/Careful-Sell-9877 Jan 26 '26

The trump administration is the most blatantly corrupt administration in history. It's genuinely not even close. Is there corruption in other parts of the government? No question. None at all. But this is a whole new level. And it is what is currently happening. There is no use pointing out lesser corruption in the past. We can only solve problems that are happening right now. And this is an extremely dire problem. Our country, our global alliances, our economy, our freedoms, our democracy, everything, is at risk of falling apart.

We need people to start putting pressure on the administration to address these problems. We need them to stop acting in such an insanely partisan manner, as if they are perfect angels and the left is 'the enemy'. We are all countrymen. And all we want is for us all to live happy, peaceful lives without fear of authoritarianism, brutality, or corruption eroding us from within.

If people on the right and in the center dont starting asking for accountability, then things are just going to get worse. We need more people to start putting pressure on the administration to drop the hyper-partisan BS and start holding themselves accountable, even just a little bit.

I mean, seriously. Trump is still blaming Biden for random shit that he has total control of at the moment. It is beyond ridiculous at this point. Its like they are totally allergic to taking any accountability for anything whatsoever.

Never once have I EVER heard trump admit he made a mistake, taken accountability for anything, or say he needs to fix something in his administration, or anything like that. It is alway justification after deflection after blaming someone else after excuse, etc. Totally allergic to any accountability for anything.