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Who is "the billionaire" in this sentence?

"Former Billionaire"

Riccosuave ,
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I wouldn't be so sure about that. Never underestimate the combination of human stupidity, cognitive dissonance, and the sunk cost fallacy all working together. It's amazing how much the truly radicalized will suffer for their cause. Rational people protect their self-interest, but insane people will often die to protect their delusions.

GOP antisemitism resolution passes House, fractures Democrats [Mychael Schnell | 12/05/23 | The Hill] ( thehill.com )

The House approved a resolution on Tuesday condemning the “drastic rise of antisemitism” in the U.S. and around the world following Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel on Oct. 7 — a vote that fractured Democrats and prompted liberal accusations that Republicans were trying to “weaponize Jewish pain.”...

Riccosuave ,
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Yeah, let's waste more time arguing over who's fake deity causes them to get the most "unjustly" persecuted. That has worked out so fucking well in the past. The fact that we have broad access to the internet, and yet people still choose to believe this shit is an abomination.

This has nothing to do with antisemitism, and everything to do with censoring dissenting voices who oppose the violent collective punishment being committed with US taxpayer dollars. I'm so fucking tired of this shit.

Riccosuave ,
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We already know from Pudding Rob's actions in Florida that these kind of laws are going to be used to:

  • Allow the executive or legislative branches to override the judiciary, thereby functionally eliminating the separation of powers

  • Override democracy by removing duly elected officials at the sole discretion of one person (Florida), or by another unelected body (Georgia)

  • Create a legal fiefdom where the executive or legislative branches can determine the outcome of judicial matters through sheer fiat by removing prosecutors who do not align with their intended outcomes, and then hand selecting those who do

Party of "Law and Order" my fucking ass.....

Riccosuave ,
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Trump will continue to play grab ass with the fuck-around gang until he finds the exact line in the sand that guarantees he gets held in pre-trial detention. If he gets thrown in the slammer while awaiting trial he will claim he is a political prisoner, and if they don't stick him there he will do everything in his power to commit soft-treason through his cult. Everything surrounding Trump is, and always has been a lose/lose situation for this country.

Until he is made to suffer serious consequences for his violent petulence and penchant for authoritarianism things will never move forward in any meaningful way. He is a distraction that, when all is said and done, will have stagnated the progress of this country for a decade at minimum.

Edit: Accidentally a word

Riccosuave ,
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While I generally agree with you assessment, I think it is important to note that not punishing Trump would embolden or exacerbate his brand of bully pulpit tactics even more. This fear of retribution just means we need to be ever vigilant, and take the threat of authoritarian minority rule seriously.

That is what we are ultimately talking about, and the only way to prevent that is to stay engaged politically, and to hold our leaders to account whenever they trample on the rights of our fellow citizens or our democracy.

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