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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 26-Apr-2024 21:29:18 JST Charlie Stross

   REMINDER FOR AMERICANS:

   The US Constitution and common law are rooted in pre-18th century *English* legal jurisprudence and traditions.

   And the "presidential immunity" bullshit is an attempt to rewind the clock to before 1649, when Parliament got fed up with the King's bullshit, put him on trial, and beheaded him.

   Y'all: Trump wants to revive the divine right of kings.

   You know who pulled the German equivalent of that stunt? Hitler.

   (I will summarily block anyone who raises Godwin's law.)

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     Rama (photos_floues@bagarrosphere.fr)'s status on Saturday, 27-Apr-2024 07:13:41 JST Rama

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     @cstross
     The man himself confirmed that the comparison is valid.
     (you know it and I know you know it but everybody in the audience might not)

     https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/20/godwins-law-trump-hitler-comparisons/

     Bill repeated this.
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     Nicole Parsons (npars01@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Apr-2024 07:13:51 JST Nicole Parsons

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     • Rama

     @photos_floues @cstross

     When billionaires have less free cash, they have less money to spend on far-right political parties, anti-democracy media outlets like Fox News, and on buying decisions from publicly corrupt Supreme Court Justices.

     https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2024/apr/25/billionaires-should-pay-minimum-two-per-cent-wealth-tax-say-g20-ministers

     They'd also have less money to spend on buying genocides, civil rights rollbacks, and voter suppression.
     https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/24/jeff-yass-anti-muslim-pro-israel-donations
     https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/tiktok-billionaire-yass-gop-donor-abortion-1234859270/
     https://washingtonspectator.org/hard-right-billionaires-spending-lavishly-to-reshape-courts/

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     Nicole Parsons (npars01@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Apr-2024 07:13:52 JST Nicole Parsons

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     • Rama

     @photos_floues @cstross

     When billionaires fund anti-democracy movements around the globe in response to climate action, it's appropriate to add taxation to billionaires in response.

     https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/04/25/a-good-start-germany-spain-and-france-propose-billionaire-tax-to-help-tackle-climate-crisi
     Example;
     Queen Elizabeth I used peregrinations to rich lords manors to quell rebellion.

     Visits from the Royal household would put some so deeply into debt trying to keep the Court entertained, fed, and housed, they gave up.

     Taxes on the rich work. It stops rich wannabe fascist oligarchs.

     Bill repeated this.