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Democrats Need to Make Republicans Fear the Consequences of Attempting a Dictatorship
(washingtonmonthly.com)
Shoulda done that, I dunno…a decade ago?
this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2025
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Wasn't the patriot act only opposed by like 1 senator? Our govt has long either supported or sympathized with authoritarians
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Sadly Democrats couldn't make Republicans fear a Lovecraftian Horror.
So, we should summon a Lovecraftian Horror?
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.
It's going to be fun watching all of these traitors stand trials for their crimes.
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.
I hope it gets to that point
We can dream, friend. We can dream.
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Unfortunately the democrats are made up of assholes like Pelosi and Schumer who are just there to get rich.
Schumer
And eradicate the Palestinian people.
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I'm sure a pink shirt and a flag will do the trick!
Attempting?
By shifting to the right apparently
Well, unless the Dem voters quit expecting their reps to do something about the situation, it's not gonna change.
We as citizens need to use our second amendment. It was created for this.
Schumer will shake his finger at you vigorously with the glasses on his nose if you don't stop misbehaving
Democrats doing literally anything
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And the Democrats won't do that unless the people make politicians fear the consequences of attempting a dictatorship.
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I'm not so sure they even want that at all. Simply because of their shameful behavior, while the US president acts like a goddamn Nazi (because he obviously is one, of course).
But for all that, the Democrats have refused to allow even a little progressiveness in their ranks for years, against the wishes of their own voters.
But hey, I don't know very much about all this because I'm from Germany.
All I can say is that in our country - and this applies to larger parts Europe - Sanders, for example, would be a moderate center-left politician. What he is calling for is not at all radical in many parts of the world, but rather quite normal. Basic decency, so to speak...
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The DNC? Will never happen. They need to be afraid of the people and for all their bluster I've never seen them do anything but capitulate.
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Real Democrats need to ditch the establishment Dems and form their own version of MAGA from within and get shit done.
I saw yesterday where they were going to sideline David Hogg because he was becoming a little too dangerous to some of the members of the ‘Do Nothing’ party.
What a waste.
If your goal is to organize opposition to fascism, don't waste effort attempting to coalesce it around the Democrats. They'll only come around once they're overtaken by events. Someone else has to do the heavy lifting and take the risk.
If you watch the Bernie/AOC rally vids, that is what he’s trying to inspire. One vid has a nurse from the crowd talking about working 7 days a week, to live, and she frankly says the old people need to retire, calling out both Pelosi and Schumer. She’s right. Conservatives also attending.
Younger people need to compete with and oust the established Dems, like AOC did in her district, or we will never see a fresh approach.
If we still have elections in the upcoming years, it would be fantastic for people like AOC to run for public office all around the nation.
In fact if you are in a position to, I would encourage everyone reading this to take a moment to look up your state’s candidate filing procedures and see how you can try taking an official’s job that they’re not doing. Just because you may not have the millions in funding doesn’t mean you can’t or won’t have a shot at winning.
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People should not be afraid of the government, government should be afraid of the people.
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