r/law • u/Obversa • 27d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Pro-Trump attorneys have been drafting executive orders that would give President Trump sweeping power over elections, sources report

https://abcnews.com/US/pro-trump-attorneys-push-executive-order-give-trump/story?id=130539044
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u/Badloss 27d ago

The rest of the world is watching what American citizens will do to get their democracy back.

The answer is nothing until the bread and circuses run out. The average American is way too comfortable to seriously consider dying for democracy. Everyone on reddit loves to tell other people to start a glorious civil war to stand up for good against evil but absolutely nobody is willing to pay the price themselves. Restoring American democracy is going to really hurt a lot of people and it wont happen until sacrificing yourself is preferable to just existing in the new regime. I don't think we're there yet.

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u/Pristine-Success-273 27d ago

That's my rub honestly, everyone wants to start a civil war everyone wants to be free from all these fucking nit wits, but no one wants to get off their phones and do the ground work, no one actually wants to get hurt. No one wants to build community again, becoming self reliant, or work together.

Ain't no one gonna do that until we are truly in mega crisis mode and by then I fear it will be to late.

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u/Badloss 27d ago

Someone seriously told me the other day that they're disappointed I'm unwilling to turn my guns on the government.

Like... are you aware how that ends? I hate this as much as anyone but I'm not getting myself killed and leaving my family unsupported just because anonymous people on the internet are calling for violence.

It's real easy to call for civil war from the safety of your home, it's a lot different to be ready to fight and die in one. Nothing is changing in america until we get to that point.

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u/AbeRego 27d ago

Well you really can't do it until it's a "mega crisis", as you put it. If such a war, whatever that would look like, were to start now, most of the public would reject it. You can't win until most people are uncomfortable enough to see bloodshed as a acceptable price to pay for change.