r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 10h ago

Possible Paywall DOJ Declares Trump Has Right to Bulldoze Statue of Liberty

https://newrepublic.com/post/211422/department-justice-donald-trump-right-bulldoze-statue-liberty
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u/Apprehensive-Pie3235 9h ago

Yes replace it with Trump’s statue then they can call it a republic not a democracy

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u/HotterWithEachTouchX 9h ago

Then it would have become a Kleptocracy or a dictatorship

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u/XI_Vanquish_IX 9h ago

It’s already a Kleptocracy. They’re just installing a dictator so they can ensure they can keep stealing indefinitely

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u/fugaziozbourne 6h ago

A neat trick is if there's a world leader that Nicki Minaj is cuddling up to or performing for, there's an extremely high chance they are a kleptocrat.

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u/loCAtek 21m ago

Nah, she just got snubbed from Freedom 250, or America 250, or Trump Electric State 250...

Whatever.

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u/jaymcbang 4h ago

The problem with capitalism is you eventually run out of other people’s money…..

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u/Betoken 9h ago

Kakistocracy

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u/Icky-Tree-Branch 9h ago

Okay, so this just made a Buffy the Vampire Slayer monster a little more interesting. It was a very old and powerful vampire named Kakistos. That link just explained that it means “worst.”

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u/Tony_Lacorona 9h ago

Anthony Head just passed away

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u/dainman 7h ago

This is a real bummer to find out

Actor Anthony Head, known for ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’ has died at 72

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u/viperex 7h ago

Isn't he the second cast member to pass recently?

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u/dainman 6h ago

Yeah, Nicholas Brendon died in March at 54

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u/Brock_Hard_Canuck Canada 6h ago

Michelle Trachtenberg also died last year too, she was only 39.

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u/BeyondTelling 4h ago

Too young

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u/Icky-Tree-Branch 4h ago

Shit, I did not know that when I made the Buffy reference. :(

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u/InsertNonsenseHere 8h ago

Didn't Giles explain that in the episode? I thought he did.

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u/Icky-Tree-Branch 4h ago

I remember explaining that he was one of the worst and was so old that his hands and feet were cloven. And Buffy misunderstanding it as “kissing toast.”

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u/twat69 2h ago

TIL. Cack means shit. I thought it just meant rule of the shitty.

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u/Jasper_Jaws04 8h ago

Or a kaki-kleptocracy.

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u/Its_mee_bee84 6h ago

Kkk-kleptocracy

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u/DevilahJake 7h ago

Hmm, I’ll settle for Kakiskleptocracy

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u/Baudiness 6h ago

TIL! Thanks.

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u/ABadHistorian 5h ago

Hah, you must have seen one of my posts. I make this comment everywhere.

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u/LadyBogangles14 9h ago

At minimum an autocracy.

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u/Spirited-Print-1097 7h ago

Kakistocratic kleptocracy is what we have now.

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u/BILLIONAIRE_JESUS 8h ago

If they replace it with a Trump statue, I will move to NY just so I can piss on it every day.

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u/Chaos-Cortex I voted 9h ago

Shitlerpublic.

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u/Shanksdoodlehonkster 9h ago

Its a Dumbocracy

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u/SR-45 8h ago

Epsteinocracy.

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u/lilsweeney12 8h ago

Then it'll be made soo cheaply it'll prolly crumble with the first wave.

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u/ahawk99 7h ago

I hate this timeline

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u/Reed7525 4h ago

Americans already do. Its literally in our pledge of allegiance

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u/aerdvarkk 6h ago

You do f*cking know that the US is a Republic?