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[–] WokkySong 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My guess is preserving the public lands is something that maybe 80% of Americans will agree with. It's a 3rd rail and his support will plummet if he tries to follow through.

[–] Nalivai 1 points 20 hours ago

That's the neat part about implementing fascism, you suddenly stop giving a shit about public support. Why do you think they were trying to do it that badlt

[–] GoofSchmoofer 15 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I think nothing would elevate the hatred of billionaires more than if they buy up the national parks for their own private estates.

Great Smokey national park is now the walton's family compound

Rocky Mountain National park is now the gates compound

Yosemite becomes musk's outdoor playground

The grand canyon is bezo's now

Just writing that elevated my blood pressure

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

The UK is like that and it resulted in mass trespassing. Now while a lot of it is still privately owned people can still walk across a bit of it. Honestly we need something like allemansratten.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

They'll turn the grand canyon into a garbage dump.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Don't forget Russian and Chinese oligarchs.

First the golden ticket, later the Yosemite.

[–] AA5B 1 points 1 day ago

Don’t worry, no one is thinking that. But wouldn’t it be so much more productive to have oil wells and strip mines there? Otherwise that land is just fraud, waste, and abuse

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Called it.

Trump's favorite president, Andrew Jackson, paid off the (relatively small) national debt by selling off enough stolen Indian land that it crashed the real estate market and therefore the US economy.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hey Bill Gates and all the other rich dudes pretending to be the good ones. This is your time. Buy that land. Make it parks or whatever to preserve it.

[–] 13igTyme 18 points 2 days ago

That would require them to put money for the public instead of donating to organizations they control.

[–] DrFistington 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hmmm, so we all lose access to beautiful public lands we've had for generations, so that someone (but definitely not us) will get money?

I don't think anyone in Washington right now is that good of a salesman

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Stip thinking that you're the customer, you're not. They just need to butter up to some rich asshole, and they're doing quite well in that department.

[–] CharlesDarwin 6 points 2 days ago

Yep. When it comes to the Republicans, we are the subjects. Not even the most hardcore redcap is considered worthy of having citizenship status and expected to have real representation by someone interested in public service.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We need to clone Teddy Roosevelt and make his clone president ASAP.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

TR would put Trump in a judo choke hold.

[–] FenrirIII 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How about we just give the clone a saber and point him at our current politicians?

[–] ByteJunk 4 points 1 day ago

Or we make like, many more clones and give them blasters?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago

Everytime I think American’s reach new lows, someone finds a shovel and keeps digging.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 days ago (1 children)

🎵This land is your land.🎵.
This land is ... Not my land anymore because billionaires have bought it and I received a tax increase!

[–] esc27 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

There was a big, high wall there that tried to stop me A sign was painted said "Private Property" But on the backside, it didn't say nothing This land was made for you and me

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Trespass isn't a criminal offence in the UK. With very few exceptions, mainly military bases and railways.

[–] captainlezbian 7 points 2 days ago

Yeah its woody Guthrie. The man was a committed communist

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The level of ultra-capitalist dystopia in the USA is incredible

[–] CharlesDarwin 3 points 2 days ago

That portion of the book from Rapture of the Nerds where they visit the hellscape that is the United States is becoming ever more prescient.

[–] just_another_person 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fucking disgusting. Hope it's all to a bunch of dickhead billionaires, and those contracts are reversed/ignores after Trump gets kicked out.

[–] CharlesDarwin 2 points 2 days ago

Now THAT would be hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Maybe Canada can buy those public lands /s

[–] Snowclone 22 points 2 days ago

Ha ha just like the tea pot dome scandal, and that bribe to a senator about mining in Teddy Roosevelt's head.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

They plan to sell it off and strip mine it. Drill & frack the US to death.

[–] cultsuperstar 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Counterpoint: Do they even care? They'll do it anyway. What did they care if the public doesn't like it? They'll be richer for it and that's all that matters.

[–] AA5B 1 points 1 day ago

I understand no one is objecting at Republican town halls. /s

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Parceling out the properties into new oligarchy states.

[–] CharlesDarwin 3 points 2 days ago

LOL, "support".

You mean among just the redcaps? And does it even need to be a majority of those motherfuckers?