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It's like she's trying so desperately to make herself an accessory to war crimes. Why you would aspire to be Elana Ceausescu?
Well, in America, war crimes usually make you a profit and get excused/vetod/protected by the govt. So there's that reason.
It's not like Americans are going to hold any of these people accountable. They've already failed to do so after Trump's first term.
I think similar circumstances (at least in terms of frustration with there seeming to be no justice for the corruption and crimes they committed while in power) was what eventually drove people to join the revolution against Ceausescu.
I always felt it was kind of a barbaric way to handle the situation, but in hindsight, perhaps I was being too hasty to judge.
Who's to say what will happen in the U.S. I would like to believe democracy will prevail and maybe if the right people come to power, the people in this administration will actually be held accountable through traditional means. That's the most optimistic scenario but also probably least likely to happen.
There's a good chance the government just crumbles completely, especially with the Trump administration trying to destroy what remains of the rule of law both internationally and domestically. On the one hand it seems like that is their game plan, but on the other there are several ways it could backfire on them, even without some kind of external uprising against them. Once they lose any expectation of legal protection, we could also end up with some faction within the administration turning against the others in order to take control. Who the fuck knows. Wild card.
Yes, anything can happen, in theory. In practice, and based on what we've seen historically in the US as of late, no one will be held accountable. America is ok with Fascism, and they're OK with war crimes, especially against foreign nations. They're generally proud to be bullies and to be asserting dominance with their elected thug.
These aren't slanderous accusations or anything, it's just the blunt assessment from a foreigner, given what's going on. There's a subset of Americans who go on social media and lament their country's actions, and those people tend to get either offended, or depressed/resigned, when you highlight America voted for, and are enthusiastic about, their fascist dictatorship. But that minority outlier does not change that Americans en masse still support their government, even when their government has become a pretty clear fascist dictatorship to the rest of the world. Most of the country is cheering on war crimes and crimes against humanity. It comes across fairly explicitly as such through multiple media sources, from multiple countries etc.
Publicly, the rest of the world leaders are cagey about comments on Americas recent turn, because they're all worried that America will attack them next. That's not how your relationship with 'allies' should be, and many are moving to shore up militaries and cut ties with America as part of this shift. That sort of thing won't change, even if America manages to have another election and a more 'normal' democrat wins that time around -- because the world knows full well that America could flip flop the next time, back to even more hardcore fascist leanings.