They do that already (gun them down), but they can’t kill too many people! It’s like they have a murder quota.

So, for the rest they plant evidence on, drugs and this.

Also, many of them are sadists and prefer the torture route (like 40 years in prison).

Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, Alan Dershowitz (“I kept my underwear on!”), and the rest of the crew who will get pardoned at worst.

On one hand, I loathe pedophiles and the awful black market that they use to trade whatever

On other hand, I wonder how often the “law” just uses this to get rid of people who displease them, they just install the appropriate stash with a thumb drive while “scanning”.

Decades in prison, asset forfeiture, who would stop them or even be able to prove it? The modern equivalent of planting drugs (which they are caught doing frequently already), and nobody wants to defend pedophiles.

Worst case scenario for them? The taxpayers pay for a lawsuit settlement and they might get paid leave for six months

And this is why we can “officially” be incorrupt, the very act of bribery is endorsed by the State!

Every time you see the word “donations” or “contributions” just swap it with “bribes”.

Amazon and friends aren’t “donating” millions of dollars out of charity.

Citizens United and Super PACs were the final nails in the coffin, today we are seeing the results of 50 years of unbridled bribery by corporations and robber barons.

And that’s why minimum wage is seven bucks an hour and no universal healthcare and on and on and on and on.

They do allow us to argue about abortion and gay marriage though, as long as it doesn’t affect the bottom line, so that’s nice.

Agreed, I already know Trump was frequently mentioned and Epstein’s buddy for 20 years, and I still want a source for this.

If it was true, I think the Democrats would have released the files long ago.

Of course, Clinton was also friends with Trump for years. but for 50 mentions vs. 38K, it seems like it would be worth the reveal to them.

On other hand, the Royal Family is also working hard to subvert these revelations, and God knows how many billionaire “donators” to bOtH pArTiEs… this is big, biggest political story of any of our lifetimes in my opinion

And fuck those who fuel the USA beast, like practically every nation in the EU!

They enable the USA for a cut of the pie, some with a larger slice than others…

Being the world’s top arms dealer does wonders for profits, their customers are world wide and business is booming. USA has tripled production of firearms alone since 2000, and odds are good that they arm your police and/or military.

Not one of them “stands for democracy”

The death of America precedes him by a generation or three in my opinion, but he nailed the coffin shut!

A functioning Democracy/Republic would never allow this creature to stay in office since 1985, over 40 years of this nasty piece of work

I have despised this guy for decades, what a nasty piece of work.

GO TOWARDS THE LIGHT MITCH

You’re not wrong from a citizen’s perspective, but you are wrong from a powermonger politico’s perspective.

I agree, they should at LEAST pay taxes, but that doesn’t look likely with our current government.

Prohibiting religions never, ever works, and instead feeds them. They adore martyrdom as a concept, and love sending others to die and “go to Heaven” for their cause.

So, you’re calling for OTHERS to put their lives on the line, and just want to watch?! Cool cool

You’re calling for others to die for YOUR entertainment, am I here to follow your commands?

No thanks. I would never ask others to put their lives on the line whilst I do absolutely nothing but boss them from afar.

But you do you! Takes all kinds, no stepper

If you’re in Canada, odds are good you’re a lot closer to Washington DC than I am…

Sure, I recognize that. I vote Democrat (registered Independent)

I just don’t think it will save us. Or improve anything. I try to think of it as a poll, not something that will affect change.

Tens of millions think voting will work, tens of millions don’t bother, and everything in between. So, to answer your question, “both”

Really? I never heard of him shutting down anybody, but I haven’t read absolutely everything on Earth, maybe I missed it.

“It’s all the same people”

It’s just people… what you’ve described I’ve seen everywhere online for decades, from posters at the tiny crypto zoology forum to huge groups of users like FB and Reddit.

If you’re looking for no arrogance and respectful conversations, good luck. I’ve never seen it and I’m very old.

If you find “respectful land” give me a head’s up, I wanna see it!

I recently had an argument here that lasted some weeks.

The poster insisted that “tankie” means “peaceful negotiator”. Chef’s kiss

Oh, I love that shit. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure…

Oh, I like that! They’re funny and have provided me with a lot of laughter

I am only on lemmy.world so far

I like the people and moderation much more than Reddit. I’ve had a couple interactions with mods, and it’s so weird, it was like they are actually people or something. Very reasonable comparatively.

No advertisements for Jesus is pleasant, also. Thanks!

Who knew? That’s what I get for believing the National Academy of Sciences! Thank you for correction.

I was going to argue with you for weeks for daring to challenge my claim, but then I remembered I am tired

No, THAT was Obama, he did that with one of those secret “brown note” weapons.

OBAAAAAAAAAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

He just makes me so mad!

For many years, State’s rights was one of the few “Republican issues” that I agreed with; I think stronger State government is needed as a check and balance to the Feds from gathering too much power. They are the ONLY real check and balance in my opinion as judges are much more easily bought.

So, the Rs have done the “old switcheroo”, like Democrats have with labor post Reagan.

Now, we have unchecked Federal government power and practically zero labor, with 10% of labor force in a union. Labor was a fantastic source of support for the Democrats for many years, from organizing protests to strikes and so on to force change.

And humorously, that 10% is mostly government employees and police and such. The unions have been bought out and/or dismantled.

AND the source for organizing now, social media, is also the State surveillance system. Infiltration of organizations is automatic. No exceptions.

Good luck