• KingCult [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Lol, good thing she decided not to retire when Obama was Pres. Just look at all she's accomplished since then!

  • TossedAccount [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Holy shit she's actually dead. https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/100306972/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-champion-of-gender-equality-dies-at-87 Pulling probabilities out of my ass, GOP forces through another justice before late January with at least 90% probability, and before November with at least 40% probability. Dems will watch helplessly and throw another impotent fit as usual.

    • LaughingLion [any, any]
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      4 years ago

      yo they already got the next justice picked more or less its just a matter of time

  • artangels [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I’m not ready for the takes on this one to be honest

      • Vayeate [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE

    • TelestialBeing [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      This is genuinely horrible, not just for libs. Even if they don't have the guts or discipline to repeal Roe v. Wade, there is a very strong possibility (like >50%) that they will essentially kill the labor movement. I think they will most likely declare nationwide right-to-work, and maybe go even further like banning public-sector unions or outright moving back toward the Lochner era of striking down any and all labor regulations. It is hard to understate how bad this would be.

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        4 years ago

        i agree that it sucks.

        my take on it is probably in line with a lot of the community, we're already on the road of capitalist acceleration so this is nearly just another speedup. it sucks but it doesn't change the trajectory of history.

        maybe its cope idk

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          4 years ago

          There's no accelerationist benefit to dismantling labor unions, at least not any that could be foreseen. Unions are exactly the infrastructure needed to respond to the opportunities created by "acceleration."

          • fred [any]
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            4 years ago

            i don't think anybody is saying there's a benefit. i think the point is is this is/was inevitable and unpreventable, and we've just accelerated towards it now.

          • artangels [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            im not saying its a benefit, im saying thats the direction usa is headed to: instability, fascism, late-stage capitalism.

  • Hungover [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    But I was told I had to vote Biden to protect Roe v Wade :matt:

    Also why is there no Joker emoji?

      • captchaintherye [any]
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        4 years ago

        I don't think they will ever overturn Roe v. Wade. It is too good of a scaremongering fundraiser bogeyman for them. They want it around so they can run against it.

        • TelestialBeing [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Overturning it would be even better for their elections. It would mean that abortion would now be on a state-by-state basis, giving them a clear thing to run on in every state election. It would be useful federally too, since it opens the hypothetical (if unlikely) possibility of a nationwide ban.

        • Holland [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          Maybe I'm misinformed but it seems like the republicans have been taking serious steps the past year or so to force another supreme court case that could allow for an overturning. If they weren't serious about overturning it why would they be actively working towards a situation where the court has to either uphold or overturn it? Like having it around could be politically valuable but if it comes up to the supreme court and they uphold it it would be extremely bad PR

          • crushendo [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            maybe true but to allow yourself to believe it is to go full doomer

        • Holland [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          Biden in the past has said he isn't interested in packing the court...He's probably gonna pull an Obama and uphold ""the system"" above all else.

        • scramplunge [comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          This was my first thought and then I realized what party we’re talking about. Democrats won’t do a fucking thing.

        • fred [any]
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          4 years ago

          LMAO. you're a lib if you actually think that's a thing that's gonna happen.

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      KJU: "I'm sorry, all my efforts are focused on bringing "He-who-sleeps-beneath-the-red-pyramid" back into the world to complete the prophesy of the ancient scrolls of Ka'pital."

  • BeamBrain [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Wel, at least libs can't hold her over our heads anymore.