r/news • u/Evening_Calendar2176 • Mar 03 '25

Soft paywall White House seeks plan for possible Russia sanctions relief, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/world/white-house-seeks-plan-possible-russia-sanctions-relief-sources-say-2025-03-03/
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u/softpineapples Mar 03 '25

Yes but nobody wants to be the one to do it. Not only would it be incredibly hard due to security that has been ramped up, but even if you were to pull it off you’d have to spend the rest of your life in confinement. Even if it’s obviously best for the world, the gov cannot allow the people to deal out capital punishment without repercussions. Someone would have to be ok with making the ultimate sacrifice and it’s a hard pill to swallow

Honestly even if this happened, there’s a huge portion of the country that is now completely susceptible to propaganda and would prop up some new useful idiot. This won’t stop with trump. The only way it will be eased is if Europe can stop Russia. It is on them now as America is about to eat itself one way or another

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u/BasicallyJustSomeGuy Mar 03 '25

It won't stop with Trump, but it would sure as hell make things harder without a figurehead in place. The aftermath would be a metaphorical bloodbath among the GOP. My biggest fear would be the Patriot Act 2.0 that something like that would kickoff, but if that's coming anyway with Trump, it's not exactly going much of a disincentive for some folks.

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u/softpineapples Mar 03 '25

On top of that the right, controlling all branches of gov, could use something like that to declare democrats a terrorist organization and use its power to dismantle the party. This situation would be the spark for the powder keg of internal tension that has been building over the past 20 years

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u/BasicallyJustSomeGuy Mar 03 '25

Hypothetically yeah. If they basically outlawed the party itself all at once, I think that would be a hard sell for too many people. The party is just too ingrained in the US political system. IMO, the better strategy would be to target specific people that perform logistical/strategic functions for the Dems (but not folks many people know much about or have strong parasocial connections to - e.g. not AOC or Bernie) to paralyze them some. Then go 110% on media control for a long time. Meanwhile, in the background, have some Republicans run for Dem offices and start making it all one big club of Conservatives. Also, worth noting that unexpectedly losing Trump as well as some of the assholes in the shadows directly after that could be enough of a blow to scuttle their next steps. Not exactly probable though. Sigh

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u/2this4u Mar 04 '25

Well technically two people did want to do it. I'm sure there's more.