• FlyingCircus@lemmy.world
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      Because the entire global ruling class is implicated, and Biden is a loyal capitalist whose material interests lie with protecting the status quo, even if that means allowing his fellow capitalists to rape children with impunity.

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        I’d love for things to be status quo again right now trying to make things better through strategic primaries then trying to survive Trump’s private army.

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          Well, that’s not going to happen. We live in the world we live in, so maybe instead of wasting time wishing that we didn’t, we should focus on actions that can actually change the world, like organizing the working class to break free from the chains of the capitalist pedophile class.

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              I mean sure, yes, go ahead and vote. It takes almost no energy and is literally the easiest political action one can take. But relying on voting has manifestly failed to prevent a fascist dictator from gaining power. And now that the dictator has power, do you really think elections are going to be fair? When was the last time in history a dictator got voted out of power?

              I think you’re naively living in a world that doesn’t exist anymore.

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      Not to defend this but you know that if he did, MAGA would have the excuse that this was all a big Democrat hoax. They can’t claim that now.

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      Additionally, as I understand it, it was still in active investigation in 2024. Also, he can’t just “release the files”, it required an act of Congress to be released.

      Do I think he should have tried? Yes, but I’d be 0% surprised if he’s all over them too.

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          It’s much more likely he’s in someone’s pocket and they’re in there. And Trump’s just not aware of the connection between the two

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              I can see it either way. But I agree it’s more likely the old bastard is protecting Israel like he always has.

              Just saw the aipac warchest is like $80m for the midterms… But if they pass this new law about requiring passport and/or birth certificate to vote, we’re gonna be hosed. Only half of Americans have a passport, and many millions don’t have access to their identifying records.

              Edit: fixed dollar amount

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                  Thanks for that, forgot the exact, and assumed billions because that seems to be everything these days. Fixed it.

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        Also, he can’t just “release the files”, it required an act of Congress to be released.

        I don’t think this is true. It only required Congress in this instance, because Trump was never going to do it unilaterally.

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            I believe that’s not necessarily the case with active investigation documents, that could easily muddy the legal process of an active case.

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          Trump was never going to do it unilaterally.

          This was made clearly evident by the fact that even after an act of Congress, they still haven’t complied with the law compelling their release.

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      The rot goes all the way up. I know Biden wanted to do things “the right way” but white houses in the past have leaked information to the people. Biden’s administration could have given the unredacted files to the media through a whistleblower. That’s what needs to happen now. The only way we are going to know the truth is if the files go public through none government means.

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        I dont think any of the victims want that.

        Like we all hate Trump, he deserves to hang, but let’s not throw the victims under the bus.

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      You also see the international fallout of this in England and Norway. Maybe that was also a factor, back when the US might have cared about allies.

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      I’m tired of going high do nothing DINOs. Here’s an idea give them to a couple of our allies. Let them release.