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In reply to the discussion: If Garland doesn't indict trump, if Manhattan DA doesn't, can I expect certain folks [View all]Gaugamela
(2,496 posts)over this.
The way I see it, the Democratic Party is the party that still believes in our institutions and the best of what America stands for. So for the time being I choose to retain some faith in those institutions and ideals. But if Garland fails to indict, if it all gets swept under the rug like the Bush/Cheney war crimes and the 2008 financial meltdown, then I will take it as proof that our entire system is hopelessly and irredeemably corrupt, and that voting doesn't matter. In that case I will likely stop voting, because in such a system voting is simply passive complicity an endorsement of corruption. If there are no indictments, then it's time for the left to adopt the radicalism that the right accuses us of.
But I'm not ready to go there yet. I prefer to hold out on judgement.