[Eddy_Viscosity2]

The USA is moving away from concepts like 'laws' and 'illegal' and more towards a system based on vibes and bribes.

[HardwareLust]

"Vibes and bribes" is such a wonderfully apt description of our current regime.

[kotaKat]

Hey now, the system of “checks” and “balances” is still holding up - the checks clear, and the balances go up.

[AreShoesFeet000]

Laws and morality have always been bendable. It’s just that doing the bending requires a certain competence that was somehow lost.

[lazide]

It used to be they had enough shame to try to cover it up. That certainly is in the past!

[lazide]

It’s always been a case of ‘if they can’t catch you/enforce it, it didn’t happen’.

It’s absurdly blatant now, however, and backlash is likely to be pretty crazy in 5ish-10ish years once it’s impacted enough people.

[zombot]

By then the opposition will have been renditioned to black holes or killed.

[spencerflem]

Not if the democrats can help it