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I wonder what would frighten the Trumpster enough to prefer confessing to all of his misdeeds to comitting something even more outrageous as a distraction.

#incentive

#incentive

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Jay Bryant
Jay Bryant
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You'd have to tie him down and do to him what he did to all those girls (and boys - there's evidence for that, too). Not merely threaten it but actually start doing it. Then he'd admit what he did. Outside of that, you'd need a Compel Truth out of a fantasy roleplaying game.
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Simon J Ashcroft
Simon J Ashcroft
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He would not get frightened after the amputation, but if he sees a rusty saw blade approaching, that might do the trick...
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Katherine Bond
Katherine Bond
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I prefer a clean break. Roll out the tumbrels, fill ‘em up and head toward Madame Guillotine.
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Katherine Bond
Katherine Bond
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You bet! We will not give in to these morons!!! They are NOT America.
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Brian Fitzgerald
Brian Fitzgerald
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Although I understand the incentive, I must still ask; "Does an exclusionary democracy diminish its own legitimacy?"
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Katherine Bond
Katherine Bond
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When they become enemies of the people, they’re traitors.
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Simon J Ashcroft
Simon J Ashcroft
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What legitimacy has a democracy that installs the filthy rich plunderbusses into office? That is true here, also, as well as the issue of a minority of votes creating improbable majorities.

I cannot speak for the US, but I do not regard the UK as democratic. It's run by an elite that peddles bullshit to the prejudiced.

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Brian Fitzgerald
Brian Fitzgerald
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How do you define democracy, and representative democracy in particular?
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Katherine Bond
Katherine Bond
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We’re a Plutocracy right now. Not going to be. We ARE.
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Simon J Ashcroft
Simon J Ashcroft
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I would expect a media constitutionally required to report facts, not opinion, in an unbiased manner, and strictly proportional representation.

Also, a property disqualification on the super-rich holding office, and a tax system heavily weighted toward wealth redistribution.

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Brian Fitzgerald
Brian Fitzgerald
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“When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you – pull your beard, flick your face – to make you fight. Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle is non-violence and humor.” ― John Lennon
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Simon J Ashcroft
Simon J Ashcroft
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I'm not sure a good many overthrown governments would agree.
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Brian Fitzgerald
Brian Fitzgerald
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Did the overthrowers fare well over the long term?
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Simon J Ashcroft
Simon J Ashcroft
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Does any government, long term? It's a continual readjustment.
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Katherine Bond
Katherine Bond
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Minnesota has a shutdown protest going today, no working and no shopping.
The orange baboon is looking for violence so he can declare Martial Law.
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Katherine Bond
Katherine Bond
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He also wants people afraid this year so they won’t go out to vote. He knows the congressional races this year will be a bloodbath for his party.
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Simon J Ashcroft
Simon J Ashcroft
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I'm not fighting for inner piece, just acknowledging that equity and social justice sometimes requires more than a sweet smile and bit of cajoling.
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Brian Fitzgerald
Brian Fitzgerald
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There is far more to "not fighting" than that.
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Brian Fitzgerald
Brian Fitzgerald
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Allow the inertia of your opponent to carry them to their own demise without your interference.
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Katherine Bond
Katherine Bond
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However, you have to protect those who are being physically injured.
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Simon J Ashcroft
Simon J Ashcroft
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It can take a long time for an oppressive state to collapse under its own inertia.

Admittedly, yours might be not far off that. Then again...

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Katherine Bond
Katherine Bond
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We’re not close enough. Too many could die in the meantime or be illegally arrested.
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Brian Fitzgerald
Brian Fitzgerald
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It can take far less time for critical supports to fail, especially while unduly stressed.
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Brian Fitzgerald
Brian Fitzgerald
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I do not think you were regarding inertia as momentum rather than dead weight.
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