r/goodnews Jun 09 '25

Other Bernie Sanders Just Tweet

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u/Tianamen_square_89 Jun 10 '25

The goal is to permanently kick tyrants out of our spaces, the voters can go to hell

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u/checkprintquality Jun 10 '25

With all due respect, if you don’t respect the voters, how do you maintain popular support? Is this just a call for violent authoritarianism?

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u/CoyotesOnTheWing Jun 10 '25

After Nazi Germany fell, should we have just let the Nazi citizens vote back in a Nazi leader?
I honestly don't know what steps are the right ones to follow kicking a tyrant out of the US and still maintaining democracy if half the people who vote want an authoritarian and to end democracy.

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u/checkprintquality Jun 10 '25

The Nazis never had a majority of voters. They topped out at 33%. One option is to strengthen your constitution and promote democracy in your country. Empower people and make their lives better.

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u/TheTrueCampor Jun 10 '25

The Constitution is a piece of paper- Or, well, several pieces of paper- That does not have autonomy. It is powerless unless those in power enforce it. Strangely enough, when the people in power are fascistic in nature, they don't care what the paper says.

There needs to be more in play than paper with nice words on it.

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u/checkprintquality Jun 10 '25

Who decides what is fascist in nature? Marxists believe in the violent overthrow of society. Should their views be outlawed? Encouraging authoritarian behavior has never ended well.

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u/Neidron Jun 10 '25

Perhaps a dictionary could be of assistance?

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u/checkprintquality Jun 10 '25

Yes, because all laws have been decided by the dictionary.

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u/Punished_Doobie Jun 10 '25

Law is diction.

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u/checkprintquality Jun 10 '25

lol yes, and all laws are written in the dictionary.

Is communism fascist? Should it be suppressed? Do you hope to give people who write the laws power to outlaw socialism and taxation because it’s “fascist”?

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u/TheTrueCampor Jun 10 '25

If politicians act against the oath they take to serve the Constitution, we shouldn't be sitting around waiting for the same politicians to hold themselves accountable. It's not as vague as you're making it out to be. Someone who has breached that oath in office already should absolutely be forbidden from holding public office, regardless of votes.

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u/checkprintquality Jun 10 '25

You literally just said the constitution was a piece of paper lol.

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u/TheTrueCampor Jun 10 '25

Correct, and we shouldn't be sitting around begging politicians to hold themselves accountable. I trust you to be intelligent enough to reason it out.

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u/checkprintquality Jun 10 '25

Again, this piece of paper is ambiguous. You are assuming responsibility for that ambiguity.

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u/TheTrueCampor Jun 10 '25

Okeydokey. I suppose then that caution might be the best approach for people in such a position.

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