Trump’s Crypto Reserve Is Really Happening
Trump’s Crypto Reserve Is Really Happening
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Trump’s Crypto Reserve Is Really Happening
Great. Just great.
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as if forcing everyones retirement into the practically unregulated stock market wasnt already the worst gamble in american history... lets make our reserve even less stable.
awesome. super genius moves here. congress isnt asleep at the wheel, theyre comatose. they might as well not exist.
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Congress has made it explicitly clear that they serve to rubber stamp anything and everything Trump signs as an EO. They work for and serve the executive office only
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who needs checks and balances when you support a dictator? the constitution is toilet paper to these people.
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You need checks to send money from the government to the oligarchs, and balances to know how much money they earned. So yes, checks and balances are fundamental and necessary.
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- The temporarily slim majority in congress has...
Ftfy? I hope?!? Please tell me this isn't forever.
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This wishful thinking Americans have that some magical saviour of democracy is going to appear to save them is ridiculous and sad for the rest of the world looking at this forest fire.
If you’re an American, go fix your fucking country. You have constitutional amendments for this exact scenario.
Edit: My comments iterating which specific amendments I’m referring to have all been removed. Your constitution is more controversial n mysterious than I thought. Im sorry for sharing its secrets. I learn new things everyday!
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You have constitutional amendments for this exact scenario.
WTF does this actually mean? You do realize that constitutional amendments require a 2/3rds majority, right?
And what the hell amendment are you suggesting?
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We do, but we don't have two-thirds of both houses of Congress ready to fix this mess, let alone 38 statehouses to ratify. The clusterfuck will continue apace.
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This is wild. I’m referring to the amendments in your constitution in the event of tyranny. Even here in your comment and the other’s, you’re waiting for congress or your senate or whatever part of your government to save you.
No one is coming to save you. Save yourselves. You have a constitutional amendment for this exact moment in time.
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I get that you don't live here, but there's nothing like a national initiative process for amendments. That you would like there to be reflects a likely majority view of the voter base, but this does not make it so.
If you're referring to the 14th, that was shredded already. The Constitution is irrelevant to the junta, as juntas are wont to do. Voting harder in a mythical election that can't happen is simply not an option.
I would encourage you to know about the U.S. Constitution before spouting off about it. I don't wander into Canadian politics because I don't know how it works and can admit that.
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Gosh it’s truly incredible. Neither of those amendments were what was referring to but I’m not wasting my time anymore. Enjoy your new country! Y’all have absolutely earned it.
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I have thick enough skin to usually let comments like this slide, but if you believe treating Beehaw users like this is appropriate, this may not be a good forum for participation.
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I believe the other user was trying to avoid explicitly stating that Americans need to use the powers given them by the second amendment to directly take back their country, without engaging in the existing (apparently ineffectual) political processes.
Apparently I'm avoiding saying it directly too, perhaps I don't want to be directly encouraging anything.
Anyways, their intent seemed very obvious to me from their first comment (so I can see where their frustration came from), but I'm not educated enough in the US political system to be distracted by the details of 2/3rds majorities etc.
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There are two problems here, fitting for the Second.
First, the people stocked with ammo are the ones thrilled that we're in the Fourth Reich. Second, any sort of widespread uprising will let use of the Insurrection Act sail through any hurdles, and now the military is being used internally.
The Constitution is not in play at this point. Second is the only thing being defended by the junta.
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Yeah that was a wild read. Old mate was fairly clear i thought too
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You have constitutional amendments for this exact scenario.
Bold of you to assume any of that matters right now. Or ever, really. Cops can and have been shooting people stone dead for "looking like they might've had a gun." The second amendment has been a farce for decades at minimum.
Not that I think waiting for Congress to fix things when they're the ones least threatened by what's happening is a good idea. Just pointing out that the Constitution stopped mattering a long time ago.
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We have one rule here, it's to be nice. Stop being antagonistic
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If it's any comfort, he's merely planning to take all of the crypto the government has confiscated and merely put it all into one account and do nothing with it.
It's like taking all the small change from the various couches of your house and putting it all into one water jug and forgetting that it's in the corner.
So basically useless, like the half (that isn't destructive) of stuff he does.
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the piece that makes me nervous is the selling off of government owned properties. its one of the most valuable and stable assets the government owns and hes attempting to sell it off.. some of it we would then have to lease from private owners.
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Isn't that a classic corporate raid technique? Sell the company's assets to you or an organization you control, then lease them back to the original owners.
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didn't that crush red lobster recently?
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Yea turns out the new property management company has its own profit driven motives, and will only push leases higher and higher...
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Bold statement coming from someone with a Chili in their name.
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Well, that's the other half - destroy democracy and liquidate its assets like a failed casino.
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Wouldn't it be nice if that sarcasm didn't reflect reality?
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I mean, have you seen how old most of them are?
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