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Democrats Need to Make Republicans Fear the Consequences of Attempting a Dictatorship
(washingtonmonthly.com)
Dictators deserve death.
this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2025
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Well so far they've been holding signs in congress... that's a very effective way in fact I remember the first pustch attempted by Hitler was entirely halted by mild mannered people holding signs.
Please don't pawn this off to "democrats", some vague entity not connected to yourselves. It's each and every resident's duty to resist and fight back. Some politicians can't do anything when operating within the laws the fascists explicitly skirt.
Seeing the negative and know-it-all comments on this thread is depressing. Maybe some of you need to just go back to pondering which Linux distribution to use and leave the hopium posts for the optimists.
There is no logic in threatening prosecution for attempting a dictatorship.
Those who attempt try to succeed. There is no prosecution in a successful dictatorship.
If this is the mentality you're gonna approach this situation with, you're cooked. The demented orange asshole is already building a dictatorship and democrats barely give a shit. "Fearing the consequences" isn't something they do because there are no consequences as we've seen multiple times. You gotta make them fear for their lives. And you gotta give people a real alternative to the oligarchy that is the US.
Fund wfh, Dems are pathetic and compromised.
Make sure to buy guns
We all do, not just those in the office
Especially since those in office don't seem particularly interested.
A man rubs a lamp and a genie comes out and says, "I will grant you one wish, anything you ask for, whatever you can imagine, your wish is my command."
The man shouts, "I want a dragon!"
The genies responds, "I'm sorry, but a dragon is just too much, it's just not possible for that to exist. Can you think of something else?"
The man thinks for a minute and says, "Well, in that case, I guess I wish for the rich and powerful to face significant legal consequences within the existing system for the harm they do to regular people."
The genie sighs and says, "What color did you want that dragon?"
Dracarys.
Purple. Just offer it some Dragon Treasure gems and ask it nicely to take care of an orange pig.
Purple is a fine color to use while employing alternative methods of holding people accountable when they control the courts and the senate
Yeah exactly. Just find one today and rip his eyes off. I don't care if it's your dad.
Sadly Democrats couldn't make Republicans fear a Lovecraftian Horror.
So, we should summon a Lovecraftian Horror?
I'm sure a pink shirt and a flag will do the trick!
Shoulda done that, I dunno…a decade ago?
Wasn't the patriot act only opposed by like 1 senator? Our govt has long either supported or sympathized with authoritarians
Any vote with that kind of bipartisan support is a sure sign the ruling class are fucking us over.
Incidentally, that near-unanimous vote came soon after Senators and Congresspeople had been receiving letters with anthrax in them. And that crime has never been solved. (Hint: it was probably instigated by Cheney).
It's going to be fun watching all of these traitors stand trials for their crimes.
I can see progressives and muslims eventually hauled before a "court", but dems or republicans? hard to imagine.
Very cute fantasy of yours. Will never happen.
I'm always amused to see "never" in political discussions.
If the tide turns, it'll happen fast.
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