this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2026
5 points (56.1% liked)

Ask Lemmy

39234 readers
1155 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions


Rules: (interactive)


1) Be nice and; have funDoxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, toxicity and dog-whistling are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them


2) All posts must end with a '?'This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?


3) No spamPlease do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.


4) NSFW is okay, within reasonJust remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].


5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.


6) No US Politics.
Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world or !askusa@discuss.online


Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Tech Support

No Stupid Questions

You Should Know

Reddit

Jokes

Ask Ouija


Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I assume nearly everyone in the western world knows Trump is a pedophile. It is now public knowledge that Trump raped children, both boys and girls.

And through inaction said public is consenting to be ruled by nasty Christian predators.

I do not consent to be ruled by these individuals. And I assume many here do not either.

Which leads me to my main question:

How (and/or what) should thoughtful people think about the public's consent to be ruled by elite Epstein class pedophiles?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] fizzle@quokk.au 15 points 1 day ago

What do you mean by consent?

Its not a question of consent.

Trump has been elected to govern the US as President.

Plenty of people dont want that but its not a question of consent. Its a question of whether theyre angry enough to strike or revolt. The answer is: theyre not.

I feel obligated to point out that while Trumps sex crimes are the most emotive, the scale is far less than the harm hes doing through war, and his fraudulent self enriching behavior.

I dont want to diminish the suffering of the girls he and others assaulted, and those victims absolutely do deserve their abusers to face justice.

However, the scale of their suffering is dwarved by the transfer of wealth that is happening, and the harm caused by the war in the middle east.