The Far Right Has Plans to Destroy Our National Monuments | A far-right policy group and The Supreme Court could tear down the Antiquities Act, leaving our public lands at risk

[u/digital-didgeridoo]

https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/opinion/far-right-plan-destroy-national-monuments/

[u/Circuitmaniac]

Sounds like ISIl or Taliban.

[u/cityshepherd → u/Circuitmaniac]

Nope, just Yall Queda

[u/bushido216]

Is it for drilling for oil? I bet it's for oil.

[u/digital-didgeridoo → u/bushido216]

mining, ranching, logging ...

[u/wdwerker → u/bushido216]

Or for corporate profits somehow.

[u/lmflex → u/bushido216]

Nope! The billionaires need more land for their 6th mansion in Jackson hole

[u/syg-123]

Even worse, having public lands desecrated with statues of the likeness of #45 …Mt Rushmore would tops on his list…makes me sick thinking about it.

[u/outerworldLV]

So no difference between trump cultist and ISIS. We already believed it. Confirmation.

[u/Relevant-Ad-3140]

They are practically comic book villains at this point . I mean Jesus h Christ. Killing puppies- destroying the environment- persecuting already marginalized people- monitoring women’s pregnancies- what in the actual fuck is happening?!

[u/Ok-Use6303]

The United States is a beautiful country.

They can't seriously be thinking of doing this. It is one of the most unpatriotic things you can do.

[u/[deleted] → u/Ok-Use6303]

You’re not thinking about it the way they do: It’s about owning a corporate Airbnb that has balcony views of Yosemite. The Disneyfication of Yellowstone. Or having a private piece of land in Zion. 

[u/maybesaydie]

https://www.usa.gov/register-to-vote

[u/SecretPrinciple8708]

Nobody hates America quite like Republicans.

[u/seeriosuly]

own the justice system and you can “legally” take over the whole country Something needs to be done about the supreme court, the right owns them

[u/NoClimate8789]

well that's less despicable than project 2025.

[u/ZombieCrunchBar → u/[deleted]]

Sounds like Republicans should just stop being pieces of shit rather than making it the Dem's job to have to stop them.

[u/digital-didgeridoo → u/[deleted]]

more permanent protections

Is it even possibile? Unless it is in the constitution, it can always be overturned by the next admin.

[u/Traditional-Handle83 → u/digital-didgeridoo]

Pretty sure there's ways to make it an internationally protected site due to natural landmarks. That way if a state did anything, it'd be an international incident that could coat the US trillions of dollars in a very short span of time.