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OldBaldy1701E

(10,337 posts)
69. I don't have a 'fix'.
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 11:29 PM
Oct 2025

To fix it is to just allow things to stay as they are, which will just make this all happen again. My solution is to let it collapse, which will remove those who are at the 'top' of the chain. Once they have no power, we can start with some regulations that will hopefully create a more equitable society for everyone, even those who do not feel that greed is a virtue.

This is my position on how to 'fix' what has happened to our society. Which is a decidedly unpopular position to have. But, I do not have the faith that some have in our judicial branch. I do not think that is what will save us. I do not have the faith in the societal model that we are currently under because it created this in the first place. I think that trying to retain it while throwing on another bandaid is just going to prolong what is going on, as well as allowing another Trump further down the road.

My solution is too radical. I am forced to accept that. I think it can be done, but no one cares about what I think. They just want my vote, or my back, or my legs, or whatever part of me that can be exploited to create a society that I find more and more repulsive each day. Unfortunately, I am a very poor choice for a radical leader. My health is beyond pitiful and I am not physically appealing (which is more than adequate for being listened to, doesn't matter if you actually know anything or not, looks can get you far in our society), so I cannot hope to interest anyone in what I have to say, nor implement any ideas I might have to try and change things anyway.

Besides, it is apparent to me that enough of us do not want things to change much at all. So, just keep doing what you all are doing. I won't be around much longer anyway. Maybe I got too excited at the prospect of finally seeing a situation that could lead to some real change in our society. But, I guess I was being too... deluded?

I recently read where someone said that they find it funny that some of us think that we are going to vote our way out of this. So do I.
But, I have been wrong before, and I have been right before. Only time will tell which one it will be.

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Its time to start arresting ICE agents [View all] moonshinegnomie Oct 2025 OP
Absolutely! SheltieLover Oct 2025 #1
And taking names time places and other thing that maybe uses as evidence in future court hearings. Or hopefully..... usaf-vet Oct 2025 #16
Very well said Grim Chieftain Oct 2025 #25
Does it mean anything slightlv Oct 2025 #54
Was there any bdamomma Oct 2025 #2
I saw a pic of a Presbyterian Minister Captain Zero Oct 2025 #4
That's bdamomma Oct 2025 #22
shot w a pepper ball. mopinko Oct 2025 #27
I think they have sub contracted bounty hunters Captain Zero Oct 2025 #3
I agree but my question is..who has authority to arrest ICE agents? Deuxcents Oct 2025 #5
Why not local police? TommyT139 Oct 2025 #8
Local and state police can arrest ICE "contractors" for breaking local and state laws. sop Oct 2025 #10
Then let's start filing police reports.. Deuxcents Oct 2025 #11
Police. If someone wearing a mask with no identification + badge number and no warrant is trying to GoodRaisin Oct 2025 #46
Its gonna take someone else to start this quakerboy Oct 2025 #50
I wouldn't be surprised if they hired the Proud Boys to act as the ICE agents. Figures, on hiring unqualified SWBTATTReg Oct 2025 #6
Why wait until he's gone? Start today, get some Judges involved KS Toronado Oct 2025 #17
Absolutely proud boys and Jan 6ers. 1WorldHope Oct 2025 #20
I think bdamomma Oct 2025 #23
Yup. I have no doubt that's who they are. Probaby why they wear masks. wnylib Oct 2025 #40
I'm certain that some of the ICE agents on these raids are the pardoned J6 insurrectionists. wnylib Oct 2025 #39
Yes, and ironically, we already know who would be the better citizens... SWBTATTReg Oct 2025 #41
Or just abolish ICE n/t leftstreet Oct 2025 #7
They should also watch what ICE officers are doing Off-Duty. Midnight Writer Oct 2025 #9
Yup, arrests long overdue Magoo48 Oct 2025 #12
Yup.tick tock, you bums. Joinfortmill Oct 2025 #13
First enforcement step is to have the ID's of those who violated. The ACLU's probably got the evidence. ancianita Oct 2025 #14
Those laws are not enforceable against the Feds DetroitLegalBeagle Oct 2025 #31
Arguable. Especially in courts. The California mask ban ancianita Oct 2025 #33
Anyone know why Newsom exempted CHP from the mask law? MichMan Oct 2025 #36
Seems logical to me that, since CHP know they report to him, they know he'd fire them if they went against this law. ancianita Oct 2025 #44
They are exempted from having to follow it though MichMan Oct 2025 #47
Sure, but Newsom can still order them not to, unless they're 'under cover' and somehow run into masked up ICE. ancianita Oct 2025 #48
Sorry - but seems pretty clear that most legal opinion is going in the other direction stopdiggin Oct 2025 #55
Fair enough, thanks. ancianita Oct 2025 #58
agree 100% ! stopdiggin Oct 2025 #61
"We don't need to abide by this garbage," OldBaldy1701E Oct 2025 #62
besides the fact that they have guns, badges, a court system and jails .. ? stopdiggin Oct 2025 #64
So, lay there and take it. Gotcha. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Oct 2025 #67
you asked a question - now my turn. "And YOUR fix for the problem .. ?" stopdiggin Oct 2025 #68
I don't have a 'fix'. OldBaldy1701E Oct 2025 #69
Wish I could give this post 10 recs. cer7711 Oct 2025 #15
If this bdamomma Oct 2025 #26
Since they're not properly identified they could be arrested with legal justification. Gaugamela Oct 2025 #18
Who? progressoid Oct 2025 #19
Local law enforcement with backing of the N G? 1WorldHope Oct 2025 #21
and the analogy is patently a non-starter. stopdiggin Oct 2025 #56
Or in armed struggle with all the cams around, start yanking some masks... Montauk6 Oct 2025 #24
I can't believe they aren't being identied. hamsterjill Oct 2025 #42
Are they perhaps fanboys of pre-Woke Watchmen? Montauk6 Oct 2025 #70
They need their own one-way plane tickets to the Congo C_U_L8R Oct 2025 #28
Some stand your ground would send a message. randr Oct 2025 #29
Definitely and vfor violating state and local laws Warpy Oct 2025 #30
I totaly agree Figarosmom Oct 2025 #32
In complete agreement Picaro Oct 2025 #34
It's time to eat pie in the sky maxsolomon Oct 2025 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author BeneteauBum Oct 2025 #37
Yes! BeneteauBum Oct 2025 #38
The proper use of the 2nd Amendment... AntiFascist Oct 2025 #43
You know it's bad when.... citizen blues Oct 2025 #45
Especially when: DFW Oct 2025 #49
Effing YES! They're acting like a gang of lawless thugs, arrest every one that breaks the law!!! CaptainTruth Oct 2025 #51
Been saying this for weeks CanonRay Oct 2025 #52
Way past time Shipwack Oct 2025 #53
Actually let's go to the source and start arresting some fucking Fox News hosts! Initech Oct 2025 #57
They're getting paid a bounty for each immigrant captured .... aggiesal Oct 2025 #59
Publish the mug shots also. Old Crank Oct 2025 #60
Kick BlueWavePsych Oct 2025 #63
Past time. republianmushroom Oct 2025 #65
lock 'em up poozwah Oct 2025 #66
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