Sure, that sounds bad. But have you seen the height of the horse they are sitting on?

They made the completely idiotic call to arrest him, making him into an icon. But yeah, now they have to follow through with making him a martyr.

I’m not saying that the Democrats would fix things. But considering you unfortunately are in this god cop, bad cop situation, I don’t see how risking the bad cop to be in charge by not voting for the good cop is reasonable.

You also don’t stop it from getting worse by not voting for Kamala Harris (barring better options). Fascism later is still clearly better than fascism now.

Not good, just better.

Arch Enema

Cool

Some alternatives:

Po Werwolf (lit. butt werewolf)

Bland Guardian

Alestore

Nightfish (known for their hit single Fishmaster)

The US always had terribly low resilience in the way their government is structured. The “checks and balances” were pretty great in the late 18th century, but their protections are paper thin and assume good faith.

Several countries have iterated upon their constitutions in the last 300 years, often to close exactly the kind of vulnerabilities we can see exploited in the US right now. For example, because of what the Weimar republic’s article 48 was used for in 1933, the German president no longer has those powers.

I understand that the US constitutions had had amendments, but as far as I can tell, the fundamental flaws across several core institutions have never been addressed. Until they are, the US can not be a trustworthy partner for any endeavor longer than the next election cycle.

To be fair: The US did join the European theater despite having their hands full across the Pacific.