The fucking cynicism to put shit like this behind a paywall
Notice how nobody is fired because it’s illegal as they are attempting this They are working to intimidate them into voluntarily quitting on principle and for those that refuse, they put them on indefinite PAID leave - no value from their expertise AND still paying for it, plus the cost of the chaos on top - financial and human costs.
If we somehow survive this moment, a legitimate justice system will also be devastated by hundreds of thousands of labor lawsuits with strong cases as to why they are deserved settlements for lost opportunity, stress, etc. Make no mistake that this is a part of it, the longer we wait to stand up against this the larger the untold number of poison pills hidden throughout our systems will be. Bobby traps to weigh down decent people for decades to come, should the republicans somehow peacefully leave office one day (highly unlikely)
And all of the ways Musk will see consequences:
This attitude is exactly the reason there are no consequences.
If it was from someone other than me you’d be right. I don’t exactly have the power to enforce consequences.
No, it’s exactly what I mean. It’s not about enforcing consequences, but expecting and demanding them. Trump has learned he can get away with everything during his first term, as he said some of the most heinous shit imaginable and people were like “he be like that”
How am I supposed to demand them?
Umm he isn’t going to see consequences (without a revolution) because Trump can pardon him for federal crimes.
Law Professor Arrested, Musk Says ‘‘It’s Illegal To Point Out My Illegal Acts’’
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“The LAW? Hahaha! What did ‘the law’ do for Felix. Fuckin. Finch!?”
There are some people who need a reminder that the alternative to the rule of law isn’t plutocrats being able to act with impunity, it’s vigilantism and mob justice.
“Hi, yes, Mr Washington? What are we supposed to do if Congress, the President, and the Senate are all in for a coup?”
No cop. No crime. (I have some really bad news on the fate of the entire American Experiment the first time Trump ignores a direct court order and the Executive Branch is found in contempt of the Legislative Branch)
It would be a much shorter list to say how many way’s he’s not breaking the law.
If the law isn’t being enforced, then he’s not breaking anything.
No, he’s still breaking the law. I get what you’re saying, but he’s still breaking the law.
the law does not exist if there is no mechanism to enforce it, literally not worth the paper it’s printed on, it no longer becomes a law, just some words written on a page with a signature on it
You say ‘exist’ to mean ‘is enforceable’. I know we live in a world where ‘figurative’ means its own actual antonym, but those two ideas do not overlap perfectly at all.
