gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 days agoBiden commutes sentence of former Pennsylvania judge involved in kids-for-cash scandalwww.wgal.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareDarkFuture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·9 days agoYup. Line’s been crossed. Ethics and norms don’t matter now. Fuck it. Americans chose this path. Now we get to walk it.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoTotally. Everyone said “hey can’t Biden do anything and pardon anyone???” Hoping he’d turn some progressive leaf, but Biden had the same though and said “oh yeah I can do that, might as well help out my ruling class bros”
minus-squareDarkFuture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·9 days agoYeah. Who cares? Not Americans. We don’t care about ethics. We don’t hold our representatives accountable. So why would we whine about this now?
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days agoIt’s good to highlight issues, but never treat groups as a monolith. Lots of Americans care.
Yup.
Line’s been crossed.
Ethics and norms don’t matter now.
Fuck it.
Americans chose this path. Now we get to walk it.
Totally. Everyone said “hey can’t Biden do anything and pardon anyone???” Hoping he’d turn some progressive leaf, but Biden had the same though and said “oh yeah I can do that, might as well help out my ruling class bros”
Yeah.
Who cares?
Not Americans. We don’t care about ethics. We don’t hold our representatives accountable. So why would we whine about this now?
It’s good to highlight issues, but never treat groups as a monolith. Lots of Americans care.