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"without fear of punishment or restraint."
This is what happens when you normalize a fucking Fascist instead of taking him down when you motherfuckers had the chance.
I hope he’s ready for the fate of kings. Actually, i take that back. I don’t give a shit what that bloated rapist felon demented sociopath is ready for. His 15 minutes were up in the 80s. Obviously no one in an official capacity is able to take care of fucking business.
If he does become a true dictator, I wouldn't be surprised by him dying of old age. The fascist he hands his power down to however, they might see the fate of kings.
Keep this in mind when you see the bots urging you not to vote against him here on lemmy. Maybe call them out for trying to destroy democracy.
And vote like lives depend on it.
Voting is the beginning of acting to defend yourself from tyranny, not the end.
Absolutely, especially those idiotic accounts like respectology and givesomefucks that try and play the “I’m not voting for Biden” but Trump is also a terrible choice angle. Both Side noise for sure (or they truly are that naive and foolish).
I think Givesomefucks might be somewhat legit. But the other one… yeah. I can’t agree more.
I'm pretty new to Lemmy and was really hoping this wouldn't be the same level of problem as it is everywhere else. Oh what a sweet summer child I am, apparently.
"Ready to"? He's already been planning to regardless of that SC ruling.
Can we please be done with the term “the quiet part”?
kibiz0r SLAMMED "the quiet part"
Hasn't been actually quiet in a long, long time.
And unprecedented!
And dog whistle!
This is a feature for the cons. If someone thinks they can be shamed out of it, they are delusional or just extremely low-info.
If there's any good in recent events it's that Trump may be more frequently saying this quiet part out loud - thereby changing the vote of a few that otherwise weren't paying attention.
He flat out said he was going to be a dictator. . It’s not like people weren’t listening they either don’t care or think they will be spared as long as they own the libs.
He did. And the low-level supporters i know who vote republiQan in their sleep don’t “believe” it means anything. It’s beyond me. I’m so fucking horrified we’re doing this AGAIN. For fuck’s sake.
It’s not that they doing believe it. They want it. A sizable part of the US (and any country tbh) would prefer that there was a single person with all the authority
They want daddy to take care of them.
Effective Democracy requires an informed populace to make hard decisions (vote) about difficult and nuanced situations.
Dictators tell everyone the problem is easy to fix and that they will fix it. Usually they find a scapegoat to blame.
They are people who are frustrated by the complexity of real life and want someone to take care of everything for them.
Oh, I figured most of them want a dictator because they believe the leopards won't eat their faces.
Only many of them. The rest are confusedly marching along and seig heiling.
If they're capable of not wanting a dictator, even if he's on their "team," there's some hope, though once he's in power it will be too late to do anything about it.
So if this dystopian scenario actually comes to pass...I wouldn't be surprised if it was open season on SCOTUS judges and their ilk...you want 2A motherfcukers? they seem to forget THEY are the MINORITY
Which justices do you think get gone?
I don't think it's the corrupt ones. He can do whatever, he can pardon. And now when he says do "x" it Is a Constitutional order.
Even if it's not.
I don't really think it's 'the quiet part' anymore if it's been explicitly legalized. At this point its just 'the part' because the consolidated power is already here right now.
And his dumbfuck followers would murder people to ensure it happens!
If we're for real getting a dictator, let's at least be smart about it. Don't give it to the conman or the insane Heritage Foundation and Federalist Society christofascists. What's Gen. Mattis doing these days? He'd make an excellent dictator.