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MadameButterfly

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13. He doesn't give two sh*ts about the people either
Sun May 11, 2025, 10:00 AM
20 hrs ago

and we also can't enforce anything. We aren't going to be storming any buildings like they did in Ukraine and other revolutions. We can only give moral support to SCOTUS and the military to do the right thing, and make it harder for them not to. Roberts cares about his reputation and that of SCOTUS, and would like to not be a rubber stamp for a dictator. That is our only hope. I wish intelligence and morality was his guide, but in the end his own self-interest might save us. He won't want to be reviled by the people as the justice who ushered in end of democracy.

It won't be easy for the military to disobey orders from the commander in chief. Despite a lot of demonstrations, the polls aren't yet damning enough to encourage the military to go rogue. But the military might choose the courts over Trump IF they also believe they have the support of the people. Both are necessary. I don't see it happening with only one or the other.

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