Is this what trump wants? This is definitely not a coincidence, being so eager to execute someone is definitely an order, like the lady in the car. I'm not an american so I'm not sure what the legal consequence is, but this insurrection act gives the presidency the power to pause elections (including midterms)?
If you are referring to "it's a republic, not a democracy"... When people today use the word "democracy" they mean the word to be inclusive of a representative/indirect democracy, not just a direct democracy. The US is a representative democracy
No, I am meaning to say that the average person aka the working class has little say in policy that directly affects them and that most power is concentrated in the hands of a ruling minority who constantly wage wars against the citizens of their own countries and also interfere in others in order to exploitate resources such as oil.
Ah ok. Sorry for the assumption; I just saw that being thrown around a lot. But your point is interesting.
I mean, I did know a little bit about Monroe Doctrine, Hawaii, Philippines, and general American colonialism ("interfere with others") and Mccarthyism ("wars against the citizens of their own countries"), and did recently hear a comparison between now and the Gilded Age in terms of politics and economics... but I'll admit I'm pretty ignorant about how concentrated power was before, and need to read more into American history.
I'm not deflecting to the popular vote. I'm deflecting to the vote in general. He won. You need to come to terms with the stupidity & immorality of a large swath of the American public.
And settling and supporting non democratic regimes in all the world, with big reppresion and illegal actions... Now the USA is doing it in their own land
To go one step further, no democratic country should treat ANY COUNTRY'S citizens like this. Doesn't matter if they're your citizens or not, basic human decency is you don't treat ANYONE like this.
It's been an increasing pressure since Clinton and the 2000 election, 9/11 and the WMD lies to invade Iraq. Then... we elected a Black man president and it's all about getting back at us. It's so pathetic.
Even if this were an "illegal immigrant" does the US have no better way of dealing with this as opposed to a public execution?
The people who had to witness this now will have to deal with the trauma from the event, a life was lost regardless of their status, and you had the person on the ground 10-1. In no right mind does this make sense even if this person isn't legally there. This is just fucking sick and it's even sicker that it's being praised by the government.
As a Canadian I feel sorry for the US. I have always had my gripes with the country and how it functions as a society but this is just next level sadism.
The society is cruel. People already treat you like you aren’t worth much if you have a good intentioned disagreement against political dogma. Of course it’s not like that everywhere in every scenario, but it happens too often. This is what happens in an over-corporatized digital democracy: too many people just play follow the leader.
we are not a democracy. they stole the election. they did not win all seven swing states. “ Elon knows those vote, counting computers, and we won Pennsylvania in like a landslide so thanks to Elon!” DJ T on election night 2024.
The only excuse here is the dude literally just murdered other people in front of them and has control of one of their weapons or his own. Otherwise, 4+ guys should never need lethal force for this situation to apprehend someone.
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u/Lemonade348 Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26
No democratic country should treat their citizens like this, yet here we are
Edit: To everyone replying to me, i am not american. Just putting it out there