Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Executive Order On The Pipeline
President elect Trump has just made an Executive Order that allows the Dakota pipeline to continue to be built. This decision just overturned the one that former president Obama made this past year. Donald Trump has no sympathy for the individuals that are fighting to keep that area as it was before. By throwing out Obama's original order, Donald Trump has made me realize that this is slightly reminiscent of when Hitler decided to get rid of parts of the government so he could stay in control of Germany
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Wow. That is a provocative piece of artwork. Can you tell me more about how you see the similarities in terms of how Hitler dismantled the Weimar Republic when he took over as the President and Chancellor?
ReplyDeleteI don't think that's necessarily an unprecedented decision or reminiscent of how Hitler dismantled the Weimar Republic. Like, obviously it's horrible in that it's continuing a decision that will lead to the destruction of Native lands and the possible contamination of a water source, but executive orders are already kind of weird, and presidents often go in a different direction than their predecessors. (And the U.S. is very, very good and reversing its decisions to protect Native land. Extremely so, in fact.)
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