r/law • u/FreedomsPower • 25d ago

Legal News Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups

https://newrepublic.com/post/192660/trump-fbi-charge-climate-organizations
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u/Appropriate_Comb_472 25d ago

Our society was meant to be laws applied equally to all. Republicans never wanted that. They believe in hierarchy. They believe they deserve power and unaccountable authority. Their selfishness is so overwhelming, they exemplify what the word evil means. Genocide, murder and oppression are not far behind, if they rewrite laws in their image.

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u/AmericaNeedsJoy 25d ago

All while pretending to follow the teachings of Jesus, whose central message was "treat others as you'd want to be treated."

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u/ajohns7 25d ago

That's why I treat them like shit now! 

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u/adhd_ceo 25d ago

Hey, consider that maybe they’re masochists?

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u/Taco_Taco_Kisses 25d ago

The Republican politicians or the Republican voters?

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u/Appropriate_Comb_472 25d ago

Oh its both. Ofcourse their role in the hierarchy changes. Being supportive of the homeless, poor peoples education, tree hugging, welfare, CRT, empathetic towards migrants illegal or not, these are all seen as weakrnesses by Republicans, because Republicans are selfish and tribal. You can boil down every social or economic policy by Republicans by who is being excluded, and who is being empowered. Selfishness is the core of tribalism.

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u/Taco_Taco_Kisses 25d ago

Attaboy! I'm glad folks seem to finally start to be getting that the politicians are bad but they wouldn't be there without equally bad, or worse, people putting them there

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u/VodkaSoup_Mug 25d ago

Genocide and murder and oppression are already here now it’s just becoming more visible.

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u/kmoney1206 24d ago

Well we will never stop fighting. They'll never crush our spirit. We beat the confederate traitors once, we'll do it again.

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u/engineereddiscontent 24d ago

There is actually a book that is called "the founders coup" which debunks the idea that our society was supposed to be equitable.

The book, which I have but admittedly haven't read yet (but have watched videos from the author explaining the main concepts), where he compiled a bunch of letters between the founding fathers and ultimately this is how the country is supposed to work. It protects the minority of the opulent from the masses.

Everything is operating as it was originally intended.

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u/CaligoAccedito 24d ago

I grew up in the Deep South, and it's been run this way in the halls of power since forever. It's just terrifying to see the entire nation being operated like that, because our only protections in the several shit-hole states I've lived in was the federal government and courts protecting the rights of US citizens. Because our states didn't' believe we deserved any rights, and legislated accordingly.