r/politics • u/Mason_Miami • 2d ago

Conservative group claims Trump's tariffs illegally usurp powers of Congress

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/this-unlawful-impost-must-fall-conservative-group-sues-trump-claiming-tariffs-are-unconstitutional-exercise-of-legislative-power/
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u/schwanzweissfoto 2d ago

It's not done because it doesn't work.

In any democracy, you can easily find a new / backup leadership. In a dictatorship with a cult of personality though …

A lot of people tried to kill Hitler. Even male models:

Encouraged by Claus Stauffenberg, Major Axel von dem Bussche agreed to carry out a suicide bombing in order to kill Hitler. Bussche, who was over two meters tall, blonde and blue-eyed, exemplified the Nazi "Nordic ideal" and was thus chosen to personally model the Army's new winter uniform in front of Hitler. In his backpack, Bussche concealed a landmine, which he planned to detonate while embracing Hitler. However, the viewing was canceled after the rail car containing the new uniforms was destroyed in an Allied air raid on Berlin.

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Ewald von Kleist attempted a scheme similar to Von dem Bussche's. However, the uniform inspection was once again postponed, and eventually cancelled by Hitler.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_attempts_on_Adolf_Hitler

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u/True_Paper_3830 2d ago

Stauffenberg was a bit of a looker too until fighting for the Nazi's got bits blown off him and made him change his mind about Hitler. That he and Bussche tried to kill Hitler surely goes against the notion that all good looking people are shallow.

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u/schwanzweissfoto 2d ago edited 2d ago

Hell, one of the most well-known fictional nazi killers William Joseph Blazkowicz is a large, muscular man with dark-blonde hair, blue eyes, and a strong jaw.

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u/True_Paper_3830 2d ago

Indeed, and though he didn't play a Nazi, Brad Pitt is another blonde he-man example of a Nazi killer. Ironic that the main Nazi's looked like crap while their would be assassins looked like their masterrace ideal.

Georg Elser, the carpenter who also nearly succeeded looked much better than Hitler. That guy had a brilliant plan, using skill and imagination, it was still a miss but the guy nearly stopped 80 million-odd deaths and the holocaust. We'd never have known it, but he'd have been Earth's biggest historical hero. Hitler hadn't even gone full-on Hitler at the time so it was a bigger risk for an 'ordinary' person to take on mentally and morally compared to his later assassins when Hitler had already done his worst to the world.

Goring wasn't keen on war as it would ruin the 'good thing' he had going so taking out Hitler could have avoided World War II completely. Georg Elser, we salute you.