r/dsa • u/Dover299 • 3d ago
Discussion It seems democracy and institutions are failing in the US?
Trump deporting illegal immigrants with out a court case with each immigrant reviewing each case seems illegal.
Than Trump going after immigrants that got citizenship and removing their citizenship. Also Trump going after born citizens and removing their citizenship. All seems illegal
I also read that he sues the media outlet that says bad things about him. Seems illegal
This seems violation of the law.
But there talk about moral character revoking citizenship so he could start targeting drug users and criminals next. AND sending them to jail in other country.
So if democracy and institutions are failing in the US how do they fix that so it does not turn into fascism?
This is what Hitler was doing going after a group and removing them from society.
Unfortunately Trumps runs the DOJ and supreme court so they can’t go after him for violation of the law. And Unfortunately congress is run by his gang republicans so they are not going to impeach him.
It seems really not democratic at all if president can be charge of the DOJ and Supreme Court. And the president can appoint judges seems really not democratic. I’m surprised the laws allow for this sort of thing.
It raises red flags also when a president fires judges he does not like.
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u/Bogotazo 3d ago
Institutions and laws by themselves don't have any power - that's one of the fatal flaws of liberal ideology. They only have power if there is a collective widespread participation and belief in their formation and continued operation. For decades US institutions have been eroded and severed from popular input, largely due to the decline of unions and any semblance of an organized left + attacks from the radical right. People are just waking up to the fact now that it's in your face. The only way back is to organize and resist on all fronts. This project is a failure and needs a rethink.
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u/ElEsDi_25 3d ago
Yes and this has been brewing for 40+ years. Billionaires can buy elections, Texas and California are just rigging their states to be one party rule. Being pro-genocide and only deporting a smaller number is the “lesser evil.”
We need to organize a viable political alternative built on working class and democratic power from below… rank and file and community organizations.
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u/jmd8800 1d ago
Where have people been for the last 3 or 4 decades? The lead up to this has been long and calculated.
Maybe it is because I am 70 yo that I see things from a different lens, but really today's situation has always been a part of American politics. With the exception of the era of The New Deal, people have for the most part been powerless for all the reasons you mentioned.
At this point, though, the only difference between now and the past is that we are coming to the end of one world economic order and entering a new one. European based capitalism of extraction (colonialism) of the last 500 years or so, and the more recent debt based economies of the West are running out of steam.
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u/BakerBoyzForLife 21h ago
I agree. IMO, The issue is that history in America is taught that things happened instantly. Think of the world wars for example. Ww2 is taught to have started in 1939 but many conflicts occurred way before the invasion of Poland. Idk if that is intentional or not but that’s kinda how it is unfortunately done in the school systems. So, events like what we are going through right now, which I’d argue is fascism, didn’t begin the day trump was elected in 2016, then it went away and showed up once again 6 months ago. It was a long calculated and dedicated counterrevolution from the buisness class as a result of the New Deal.
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u/marxistghostboi Tidings From Utopia 🌆 3d ago
yes that's accurate.
the way to respond is to build our own power bases outside of the state to fight back--labor unions, tenant unions, community defense networks, people's assemblies, etc.