Eroding democracy isn’t an on off switch per se. He’s been actively dismantling systems since day one. It is hard to say exactly when all is lost and there’s no coming back. That could have been last week or it could be next month. I suppose that will be up to historians.

I think frogs in a pot slowly being heated to a boil is a better analogy. We were pretty fucked as soon as we went in the pot. If there’s any sense we can maybe jump out, but eventually we’ll die if we don’t act

I’d rather die quickly with a small chance of taking out an oppressor than to die slowly in a concentration camp

To resisting

Very cool, enjoy your stay in the gulag. Since that’s the alternative

I truly don’t think democracy has very long in this country. Either the people rise up or die under oppression.

Our systems have failed

Why improvise? I can walk into a store and leave with a rifle and armor piercing rounds

It was jail either way

Unfortunately I don’t think that would be practical in the US. We do have many people with guns and weapons in general. An overhaul of training and giving access to appropriate tools would be most important. As it stands US cops are taught that a gun is their best tool and that’s how they use it. Maybe enforce pairs where only the senior most trained officer has a gun?

Otherwise I would like to see a lot more unarmed units focused on community policing issues. Whether that be a part of the police force or not. I also agree with units that only do traffic enforcement nothing more. That alone would reduce cop shootings massively. Many departments treat traffic stops as a way to catch other crimes and could care less about enforcing traffic laws that keep us safe

Police are trained that it is an “us or them” situation every time they encounter someone. Everyone will try to kill you unless proven otherwise.

They are taught if someone has a knife pulled they will be able to kill them.

Now obviously a severely disabled teen would not be able to rush them before they pulled their weapons. But they are not taught to evaluate or deescalate these situations. They are taught to kill

The goal is not to take out the entirety of ICE yourself. The goal is if they come for you to go down fighting and hope to take at least one. The only other option is to go peacefully and be shipped to an El Salvadorian gulag. Where you’ll probably die anyway.

Better to die trying imo

And as federal employees their names and home offices are available through a FOIA request. At least for the time being

I’d assume with the spine severed like that you wouldn’t feel much pain.

Plus with lethal injection it’s common for it to take hours. Just sitting their slowly drowning as your lungs fill with fluid. I’ll take the 25 to 30 seconds

Honestly much better than lethal injection. Lethal injection is slow and tortuous but looks less violent.

I’d rather be give a fuck ton of herion and ran over with a bulldozer. If that’s not available chop my head off

That’s a visit to a US hospital

Yep the system was built on good faith and the idea that at least one of these branches would do better.

If I were to rebuild the system I’d probably push greater power to state legislatures and the people of the state over their congressional representatives. For example say a 2/3rds majority of a state senate can recall a congressman and trigger reelection. Then every state should also have a way for the people directly to trigger recall elections.

Elections for the house and senate also need to occur yearly or every other year. Imagine if 1/4th of senate seats were elected every year.

We need to expand congress. 2 senators per state was for when the US had way less people. Why not bump it up to 3? The house of Representatives could also use another 100+ seats added.

Finally put term limits on the Supreme Court and introduce ranked choice voting.

It comes down to the official that processes the requests too. Kinda why they’re firing everybody

You can FOIA request the names and at the very least home offices of every person that works for ICE. It’s public information for now

This is a bad comic, the last 3 pillars are the same. There is no legal distinction between those 3. Of course that is the argument the administration is trying to make

Especially when the alternative is being sent to a Gulag in El Salvador where you will either die or spend the next decade in squalor.

Reagan also negotiated with a foreign power to keep Americans hostage until after the election. He should have been charged with treason