I feel like fixing the current mess would require a pretty serious overhaul of the government but no one seems to be having that conversation.

  • MisshapenDeviate@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    In that metaphor, though, the passengers have agreed to prevent the bus from driving off the cliff. From my experience with the No Kings protests, there isn’t an overarching demand other than “Maybe don’t be so terrible” and a general expression of displeasure.

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      To keep with the analogy: the goal is to step on the brake … aka apply the checks and balances supposedly built into the system and stop letting Trump just do whatever he wants without consequences.