• Nijuu@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Listened to a podcast which said he can still run for the presidency though. WTF ?

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      1 year ago

      In a functioning democracy, a person like Trump would never stand a chance after his first term, never mind the evidence of his criminality.

      Our democracy is broken from too many uneducated people who need someone else to tell them what to think about a topic. The cult of personality relies on emotional appeals instead of fact base reason.

      Shit’s fucked, yo.

    • babatazyah@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I think it’s so you can’t get your political rivals arrested to prevent them from running against you. Kinda like Lula in Brazil. I think it makes sense, even if it feels shitty right now. Congress could still do something about it, but good luck getting more than a handful of Republicans to hit their party’s self destruct button.

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      The ancient for the most part rich white slave owners who wrote the constitution just didn’t think of the scenario where a corrupt imprisoned felon could be a candidate for president. They were all 18th century enlightened gentlemen and that was outside their reality. They were however very concerned that some Europe-born demagogue might gain power.

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      Eugene V. Debs ran for president from prison. There’s nothing in the Constitution that says you can’t. Ironically, though, you won’t be allowed to vote.