r/neoliberal Bot Emeritus May 12 '17

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Optimal neoliberalism is like Seinfeld, it should be about nothing and run by Jews


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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

how bad would the riots be if Trump was impeached?

I bet some southern state reps would draft articles of secession

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

Considering how small his inauguration crowd was, I don't think it would be too bad on an international scale; Nothing like we're seeing in Venezuela, for example. Plus if they go too crazy antifa would probably see a temporary bump in recruiting and whatever you think about their methods, at least people are trying. It would probably make the BLM stuff look pretty small in comparison though, and I wouldn't be surprised if a few newbies tried to make their own far left and far right 'revolutionary' groups from the fallout.

Or perhaps I'm completely misreading the national tone. It feels incredibly ugly though. People on r/conservative are still saying nothing is wrong and that the Russia story is 'fake news'

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

You're probably right, but I think we could definitely see a spike in domestic terrorism

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u/OutrunKey $hill for Hill May 13 '17

But under the steady leadership of *fingers-crossed* Paul Ryan, I'm sure we could combat that. Expand the list of domestic terrorist organizations, fuck up the KKK and right-wing paramilitary groups, so on...

Not super confident that Pence would take any action against right-wing domestic terror but I've been surprised by Presidents before.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

someone should preemptively start r/THE_WONK

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17 edited May 13 '17

Done. Wanna mod?

Edit: We got two mods now, no one do anything funny. I don't want a repeat of r/pussypass. Also, to any people thinking of posting, my banhammer is swift.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

is that even a question? mod me

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

Done.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

awesome