• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    The First Amendment is gone.

    Trump is openly retaliating against people who criticized him. Our constitution isn’t worth the crumbling paper it’s written on any more.

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      10 days ago

      It never was, ignoring how it enshrined slavery, the system it built relied on people acting in good faith. The idea that elected officials would always work to preserve democracy.

      Now it’s evident that is not an appropriate system for checks and balances.