• @thejml@lemm.ee
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    2019 days ago

    They wouldn’t get it since multiple felony convictions are apparently not a blocker to run for president… they’re simply a fundraising opportunity!

    • Flying Squid
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      1319 days ago

      Although, I heard yesterday that Trump is not allowed to associate with other convicted felons, which is like everyone he associates with. Not going to help the rallies.

    • @NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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      1219 days ago

      As much as I’d like Trump not to run, you really don’t want to disqualify people from running bcz of a criminal record. That opens us up to fake criminal prosecutions just to disqualify your political opponents.

      • @thejml@lemm.ee
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        619 days ago

        True, but that’s why people are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty.

        • @Windex007@lemmy.world
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          919 days ago

          Sure, but you can stack courts with judges who could do things like turn a blind eye to jury intimidation.

          And like, do we know anyone who would doxx jurors and ask to the violent masses “won’t someone rid me of this turbulent priest?” Or who would stack judges?

          A would-be dictator is the exact thing the founding fathers built a constitution to protect against, and this design is no accident. A popular candidate can’t be sidelined by a dictator.

          Their failing was that they vastly overestimated the competency of the electorate, and the competency of the electorate was what their imagined vaccine against dictatorship was. Without it, the entire concept of democracy kinda falls apart.