Adderbox76

The rich don't stay rich by letting other people join their club

I don't disagree that it matters. But I can't help but think of every block of Cheetolini's agenda as just temporary because he'll simply keep taking it higher and higher until it hits the supreme court, and gets his way anyway.

That was his entire plan from the beginning. He knows that literally everything he tries to do is going to get challenged. And he knows that if he sticks to his guns and it gets to the SC, he wins every time.

If the SC was unbiased, I wouldn't be so brazen about it. But we are at the point where nothing will make a permanent difference except dragging him and his cronies through the streets and damn the personal consequences.

The tree of liberty and all that jazz...

Edited to add: I should point out that I'm not American. I'm a Canadian who is terrified of your shit spreading north and dragging us into a fight we don't want and literally begging you guys to fucking do something about it.

The only backlash that matters in the end is the one that sees him hanging from his ankles in the middle of a town square. Until then, he'll just try something else.

Unless someone actually does something, he effectively is a king.

No matter their performative differences, politicians will always protect each other regardless of party affiliation.

In a perfect world, I would be independently employed from home (a writer, or something similar), living on a small acreage just outside a small city. Not too far away that I can't go in for supplies or things on a regular basis, but not too close that I'm bothered by the city lights on the horizon. Maybe 10 kilometres or so outside of a medium sized city.

On that acreage, I'd strive to be as self-sufficient as possible. Have a garden, for example. Solar Panels, Geothermal, etc... I'd develop relationships with my local neighbours. purchase a half a side of beef from a rancher to my left. Some eggs and fryers from a farmer to my right. Spend my evenings in my woodworking shop making furniture and other things that strike my fancy.

If a banker is what it takes to keep an under-educated career politician who has literally never had an actual job in his life...I'll happily take it.

Zebra F-301

Backlash only matters if he or anyone he surrounds himself with actually gives a shit.

Dreams are basically simulations of our lives that we run

I rarely ever feature in my own dreams. Nor do people I know. My brain invents completely fictitious stories and characters, like watching a movie or a stage play.

I had a girlfriend who worked in the Vancouver film and TV industry (mostly as just a low level P.A. But eventually getting some Accounting work on tv series, etc...)

So when I think of Canadian TV I automatically think of the CW DC shows (Arrow, Flash, etc...) as well as a crazy amount of mid-budget sci-fi (Andromeda, Continuum, etc...). most of which was all filmed in Vancouver sharing the same pool of Canadian "that guy" actors.

I get what you're trying to say. But the truth is, a red light doesn't stop anyone from doing anything. It just tells them that there will be consequences if they choose to do so and get caught.

For the sake of the metaphor that you were going for, we can say that some people know that they'll face no consequences if they're caught. So they feel entitled to not bother stopping. While some people know that, based on previous history, that they'll be stopped even if they just managed to squeak through while the light was still yellow.