America is Fucked
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This crisis within the GOP might seem like a joke but it could have some very bad consequences.
Funny thing is, although establishment Republicans aren't happy now, this behavior really has its roots in the decision of McConnell to abandon unwritten rules that had been followed for decades and block everything Obama wanted to do. Just like Trump's attempt to overturn the election there are about a million ways the US system can be abused, with much of it relying on unspoken rules and practices.
But at some point grifter politicians like Matt Gaetz and Lauren whateverhername realized that any random asshole could also do the same thing. All it takes is a small number of people calling themselves radicals and refusing to vote. Voters in red districts won't punish them for this and are probably cheering it on.
Combine that with the Supreme Court legalizing "dark money" so that donations during a campaign can be laundered, and it's unclear what would stop a small group of corrupt people from scheming to crash the economy so they can make money on Dogecoin or something. Or worse, working for some billionaire or foreign power.
The fight to raise the debt limit was already difficult since Republicans decide to use this as a point of leverage (during Trump admin obviously they forgot about it and just raised the debt limit). How is this going to work when the GOP isn't able to control the members of its own caucus and you can't reason with them at all?
If the debt limit isn't raised the USA will default on its debt and this could be a major geopolitical event. There's also the question of how the US will continue funding Ukraine's ability to defend itself, or even pass budget to fund the government.
- Geopolitically, the National Security State running out of moolah is a good thing.zardoz
- Bit rich calling the hold-outs grifters when they're the ones wanting term limitszardoz
- https://www.theguard…yuekit
- As an example of grifting, this guy claims to be a religious conservative but he and his friends were found paying teenage girls for sex.yuekit
- Somehow he got out of it but his friend went to prison for human trafficking.yuekit
- that's not what grifting is.zardoz
- lol, are you trolling or you seriously support these nutcases?yuekit
- The national security state not gonna run out of moolah, they will ask for cuts to social security and other programs.yuekit