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minus-squarenilloclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoWhy not order the NSA to hack their bank accounts and just take the money? Everyone is going straight to assassinations, but there’s a whole lot that this immunity could accomplish before killing is needed. None of it will happen with a democratic president, because of norms that they apparently haven’t realized mean fuck all to the other side.
minus-squareryper@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 months agoThe president couldn’t be charged for taking the billionaires’ money but the money could still be returned. An assassination can’t be undone.
Why not order the NSA to hack their bank accounts and just take the money?
Everyone is going straight to assassinations, but there’s a whole lot that this immunity could accomplish before killing is needed.
None of it will happen with a democratic president, because of norms that they apparently haven’t realized mean fuck all to the other side.
The president couldn’t be charged for taking the billionaires’ money but the money could still be returned. An assassination can’t be undone.