Glad to see someone mentioning this. I see a disturbing number of people on here saying nothing is happening and it's not true at all. Many, many people are angry, doing things, and more are getting involved with each new horrible thing that happens. It takes time for movements to reach critical mass. Especially in a country this big as you point out.

It's also critical to understand that he isn't supposed to have the ability to do all these things. He's ignoring law and due process completely at this point, but his party controls all three pillars of government and no one is stopping him at the governmental level.

To be honest, though, the main thing the past decade has revealed is that our government's supposedly robust set of checks and balances collapse completely as soon as people just stop being honorable and following the rules voluntarily. It's a paper thin system it turns out.

[–] PaintedSnail@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I don't know of any system that will hold up if all the people in power just decide to ignore it. What we lack is a robust way to ensure that no one group holds all the power at any given time.