Oddbean

It is hilarious to me that the people who are trying to prevent #Trump from running for president are calling themselves "Democrats" and claiming to defend "democracy" https://social.freetalklive.com/system/media_attachments/files/111/057/919/621/822/090/original/320477296ebbb9e8.png

@11ab3874 Well, they're not wrong. Democrats DO promote, demand, and fight for democracy. More than half the country are against it. A pure Democracy is dictatorship by the majority. We are a Constitutional Republic. A Republic with a Constitutionally Limited Government. Which is why all citizens have natural, inalienable rights which are protected under the Bill of Rights FROM the majority.

"Speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum gathering in Russia’s Vladivostok on Tuesday, Putin said: “As for Trump, for us what is happening in today’s conditions, in my opinion, is good because it shows the rottenness of the American political system, which cannot pretend to teach others democracy. “Everything that is happening with Trump is the persecution of a political rival for political reasons. That’s what it is. And this is being done in front of the public of the United States and the whole world.” https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aljazeera.com%2Fnews%2F2023%2F9%2F12%2Fcase-against-donald-trump-shows-rottenness-of-us-political-system-putin nostr:nevent1qqspr399mhtearg6c9wyssgaqkehe0tgkye4jr2g4jqzs9slkshhyuspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgq3qd8gffjc5gkjrfy0plgta0fc4zt8j75xvxllq25h52uucae6pugcqxpqqqqqqzthzcjf