[josefritzishere]

The US certainly has a mixed track record here. But the culture of lawlessness in this administration is hard to overstate. Every crime committed by this regime is followed by a "what about" argument from a pundit, citing an example where someone in time, committed a vaguely similar offense. But no regime in US history did so many crimes so often. This is historically corrupt and criminal; everything else is disingenuous false equivalency.

[avaer]

For anyone who hasn't, I recommend reading up on Watergate and watching the resignation speech.

It represents the kind of presidential conduct that a few decades ago was considered so abhorrent that the president should immediately resign over it.

[rtkwe]

Well initially Nixon was following a similar playbook to what you see Trump et al pull off successfully today. He only resigned when it became clear the he had lost too many votes in the Senate and would lose the impeachment vote. That took a few months from when the story initially broke.

[soraminazuki]

> But no regime in US history did so many crimes so often.

Native Americans would beg to differ, as would formerly enslaved people. Both historical injustices and the ongoing suffering of people abroad unfortunately feel distant to many, so the cruelty becomes abstract, and to some, unreal.