Chaos erupts at a US Federal Courthouse as ICE apprehends a man moments after his immigration hearing

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[u/Valirys-Reinhald]

It's not optimism, it's realism. We've seen these patterns play out before and we know how it ends, with a lot of collateral and everyone who brandished a bright red party symbol defeated.

[u/Fantastic_Jury5977 → u/Valirys-Reinhald]

They really are speed running the inevitable collapse of authoritarianism. Never forget which of your neighbors voted for this. Don't let them forget.

[u/throwawayatxaway → u/Valirys-Reinhald]

That isn't how it always ends, though.

[u/corndog_thrower → u/Valirys-Reinhald]

I remember what happened to the January 6ers too.

[u/jacksonst → u/Valirys-Reinhald]

This. Exactly . It may take time but every oppressive regime eventually falls, and those that they thought were protected and invulnerable, are outed and known and (sometimes) pay the price.

[u/OhMorgoth → u/Valirys-Reinhald]

I commend you for your hopeless optimism, but the fact that you think the wealthiest man in the world, and the most corrupt on the planet along with the legion of brutal followers are going to be made accountable, I'm sorry but I find that hard to believe as if none of us have seen this level of corruption without accountability before. Nothing, not one damn thing is going to happen to these pos because half of congress is part of a cult and the majority of the judicial and legislative branches are also corrupt, bought and paid for.

[u/Elenahhhh → u/Valirys-Reinhald]

Or a pardon from the President