I do remember a nudity scene involving Donald Trump in The Apprentice.

A bunch of Americans are accelerationists in disguise. Such people strongly favor an invasion of Greenland, for instance, since it would greatly advance the accelerationist cause.

Put in simple terms, Republicans are the sword. Democrats are the shield.

My state is completely surrounded by enemies.

They are quite appreciative of my vote. For them, every vote really does count.

I feel quite excellent over the fact that my chosen candidate is not a corporate puppet.

You’re right that he would have lost if he somehow won the primary. Both the Democrats and Republicans would oppose him, which is impossible to endure, unless Bernie could enact a Trump-style takeover. And the superdelegates thing among others makes that rather unlikely.

So instead we get good cop bad cop in our elections, and a corporate puppet becomes President no matter what. Which is why I like to vote third party. Giving a vote that makes me an enemy of the entire country is too much fun to pass up.

Ah, but we must move on from that as well. The important stuff to pay attention to will only begin in 2032. Nothing until then matters.

It’s so they can arrest all the players and declare the US Team to be the winner in each competition.

In the words of the Joker:

If you’re with me, I can promise you that I will be behind you ALL THE WAY. Sometimes, that might mean I’m locked up tight in a bomb proof bunker behind you, but don’t worry! I’ll always make sure you are there to protect me.

Nah.

The correct verbiage is “summarily executed”.

Niko Bellic is particularly good at law. This part of his resume stood out to me:

Involvement in Criminal Law particularly in cases of manslaughter, homicide, drug dealing, extortion, racketeering, and grand theft auto. Launched, and successfully tried, cases against corrupt individuals including division heads and company CEOs

He looks like a great fit for the anti-corruption law team. Thumbs up from me for a hire.

“Yeah, uh, can you guys whip up a PR statement for me? Oh, and make me sound bereaved. The voters love that.”

Video from the lady in the pink, since I’m sure many will want another angle: https://files.catbox.moe/sp296e.mp4

The US fundamentally didn’t stand a chance of achieving a Star Trek future. Individuals and society have opposing goals. The US is big on individuals, so society will suffer.

I read a Chinese work on this a year or so ago. In that, our current world fell apart in the nuclear war because America couldn’t settle its differences. Humanity built a new society on top of it to be much more collectivist, though they also modified the anatomy of the human species somewhat to make this possible. Of course, some people felt that the price of preventing the rise of another Trump is too much to pay, and started a revolt.

The question put forward by that work is essentially this: Suppose you had a magic button that made everyone feel immense empathy for everyone else, and want to genuinely improve everyone’s well-being. However, this will cause everyone to live simple lives, forever. “Interesting times” will be a thing of the past, for better or worse. Would you take the offer?

I have a sneaking suspicion that the US will make their own Board of Health. Trump will then claim that he has found the cure for cancer - a special compound created when arsenic trioxide is bathed in chlorine gas. And Trump will then kindly offer to cure all of Denmark’s citizens of cancer, with force if necessary.

True, but that wouldn’t be very interesting to think about. A couple states might try to nullify if they’re pissed off enough. And nullification depends on the state government rather than the federal government, so the likes of Jeffries and Schumer wouldn’t be a concern.

Consider this scenario:

• In 2028, Trump gets the red states to back his place on the ballot, and he bullies enough swing states into recognizing him as eligible.
• Trump wins. Congress certifies. SCOTUS rules that Trump’s third term is valid.
• The blue states that didn’t put Trump on the ballot declare that the executive branch is considered vacant until a new election can be held. No new bill turned into law will be recognized (since they would have to pass Trump’s desk in the process), Trump isn’t allowed to federalize the National Guard since he isn’t the legitimate President, any new executive orders are null and void, etc.
• New Nullification Crisis begins, except bigger.
• SCOTUS attempts to use Cooper v Aaron to strike down Nullification. States argue that they’re nullifying laws that had no legal standing when they were passed anyway due to Trump’s involvement in the bill -> law process.
• Trump will no doubt try to activate the National Guard to arrest the Nullification advocates. Then things might get tricky.

Of course, this is all assuming that Dems don’t immediately cave, and stand by Amendment 22.

Or if our leaders grow a particularly large pair of balls, they could attempt nullification.

Recognize ICE as it stands as unconstitutional, and evict/imprison them for harassing people.

Oh, that’s easy. Stop doing what the feds tell you. No more federal taxes, and add in some nullification too. If other states like California, Illinois, and New York agree to help out of solidarity, threats of cut federal funding won’t hit as hard.

The problem is avoiding the difficult situation of Trump sending in some guys to shoot some people and imprison the survivors.