Charlie Stross on Nostr: A reminder to USAns who think that local state laws will provide shelter from the ...
A reminder to USAns who think that local state laws will provide shelter from the coming Trump federal regime: Germany in 1933 was a federal republic, too. But with control of the legislature and the courts, Hitler was one Enabling Act away from sweeping everything before him, at every level of government. Blue state governments won't save you from a determined federal-level putsch. The Constitution won't save you either, with the Supreme Court in his pocket.
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