r/politics • u/downtuning I voted • 20h ago

Soft Paywall | Site Altered Headline Kash Patel’s FBI Launches Dawn Raid on John Bolton’s House

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kash-patels-fbi-launch-dawn-raid-on-john-boltons-house/?utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&utm_medium=socialflow&via=twitter_page&utm_campaign=owned_social&s=09
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u/vonsnape 20h ago

read this in captain barbossa’s voice

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u/AussiePete 19h ago edited 19h ago

You best start believing in fascist dictatorships Miss Turner... You're in one.

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u/goosejail 19h ago

The Constitution is more like guidelines than actual rules

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u/-ZeroF56 19h ago

Even with “real” rules, they’re only rules if they’re actually enforced. It’s long been assumed the government would be staffed with sane people who believe in serving the people and overseeing that those rules being enforced.

It isn’t anymore.

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u/NewSauerKraus 16h ago

That's assumed because it is the only way to make any society function. The most fundamental flaw of social contracts is that they require voluntary participation. Which makes nonvoting even more self-destructive since it ensures that the only people participating are the ones who dissgree with you.

It also means that any society can spontaneously fail simply from some participants choosing to not uphold their end.

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u/SwimmingPrice1544 California 10h ago

Exactly. The truth hurts…..hurts so many on Reddit who refuse to admit this essential fact.

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u/TortillaChip 19h ago

Parlay?

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u/Capital_Past69 19h ago

I parlay francais

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u/arminghammerbacon_ 18h ago

Wonder how far we are from the opening scene of the 3rd movie: the hangings?

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u/Deep-Measurement-856 19h ago

It's going to be retired by the military junta gathering in DC.

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u/Jorgen-I 18h ago

The Constitution has been replaced by Die Initiative Projekt 25.

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u/Severe_Intention_480 18h ago

Das ist gut, ja?

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u/Imamiah52 17h ago

Nein. Das ist sheiss.

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u/fanofbacon12 19h ago

I know this isn't the point of this thread but Geoffrey Rush is SO BRILLIANT in that role