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That's what everyone kept saying in 2016, but he didn't destroy the oligarchy. He raided the coffers and shat in the well water. His destruction of the status quo was entirely self-serving, and he left in place all of the systems he could abuse to benefit himself at the expense of everyone else.

Proof in point: We're still suffering from the lingerings of Reaganomics. Both Bushs caused their own shifts against a progressive society, often by throwing out things built up by the previous administration to improve things. Trump did a lot of things too, but the ironic one is where he dismantled the very things that GWB helped create to fight worldwide pandemics (credit to George there for reading a book, asking his advisors how true it was, and doing something).

What people thinking this don't understand is how much and how long it will burn.

Certainly all the "burn it all down" voters are going to get is they'll spend the rest of their life in the fire they helped start. Maybe they'll watch all the people they care about burn first, via health care, LGTBQ rights, prosection of political enemies, etc.

Thomas won't even have to die. If Trump wins you can be sure we'll see at least 1 resignation and replacement. They aren't going to make the same mistake that RBG made, especially since they've had their eye on the ball when it comes to packing the courts with conservative judges at every level for decades.

Everything is in place for Trump to perform an autocratic authoritarian takeover of America. People need to be mentally prepared to fight or flight.

He repealed 112 environmental regulations in one term and wrote a record 220 Executive Orders, without any familiarity with the job of holding office, and during a pandemic. Imagine how much more effective he’ll be at destroying our progress this time around.

A lot of people can’t understand 10 years in the future. Our animal inside wants now now now. Gotta store up for winter.

The problem with the Democrats is they are poorly selling the future, while the Republicans are “promising” the now, at the expense of the future.

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Alito and Thomas are the two oldest on the court at 74 and 75 respectively. So there's a good chance that whoever is elected in '24 gets a shot at replacing one or both of them.

DEFINITELY whoever is elected in '28.

So, for safety's sake, we need a D win in BOTH '24 AND '28.

Replacing them flips the court from 6-3 Conservative to 5-4 Liberal.

BUT - then the next two oldest are Roberts, who would be the swing vote, and Sotomayor. Both 69 currently.

So in '28, they'll be the same age as Alito and Thomas now. Likely to be replaced in either the '28 or '32 cycle.

Have we replaced all 3 of the democrats with younger ones so we don’t have another fucking nightmare from someone’s pride about their job?

it goes further, a lot of them don't trust the court anymore at all. to them it's beyond redemption so it doesn't matter who gets appointed by whom.

Elaborate

Yes I know right?

Marriage equality? Who needs it.

Giving unions the biggest win/shot in the arm they've had in the last 50 to 75 years? Poppycock!

Eliminating non compete agreements for most Americans? For fucks sake we don't like competing!

Forgiving $146 billion in student debt alone? Who are we kidding. Everyone knows debt is an asset. And that since I didn't get any debt relief no one else should either!

BIG / S ENERGY

I'll be real. There was only one candidate in the 2020 Democratic primary that I disliked more than biden. And that was culty gabbard. I voted for Bernie Sanders in the last two presidential primaries. Biden is so far from perfect or what we really need. But has still been astonishingly good on so many things. Granted in our current state that's a low bar. But I honestly struggle to think what Sanders could have done in a meaningful sense that Biden has not. I'm sure Sanders would have spoken out against the violence in Palestine sooner. It would still be happening exactly as it is now. But he would have spoken out sooner. So that is a plus.

But it really boggles the mind to try to comprehend how people can still be this uninformed. To think everything he touches turns to shit. No it just goes to prove the old adage. The left doesn't need enemies with allies like the left.