The public doesn’t understand the risks of a Trump victory. That’s the media’s fault
theguardian.com
The press must get across to American citizens the crucial importance of this election and the dangers of a Trump win. They don’t need to surrender their journalistic independence to do so or be “in the tank” for Biden or anyone else.
It’s now clearer than ever that Trump, if elected, will use the federal government to go after his political rivals and critics, even deploying the military toward that end. His allies are hatching plans to invoke the Insurrection Act on day one.
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I have little doubt that the country will end up as some version of Trump's authoritarian state. The question is the timing.
I actually think that our best chance of avoiding it (in the long run) is another Trump victory. He will make those changes so abruptly that people will react far more strongly than if we slid into an authoritarian state gradually. I mean....think about the possibility of Trump having won in 2020. The DNC would have to accept that they need to nominate a truly progressive candidate, and people would be demanding change immediately. Instead, we're justifying Biden/Harris again because they're not Trump.
Are you serious? Deploying the military to put down dissent is his strategy to deal with that. And we've seen it happen around the world. If the military gets involved in politics at home, it's bad news for everyone.
Too late. He's already normalized this behavior for too many people.
If Trump won in 2020 we'd never have another real election. That's the stakes now.
Almost reminds me of some other "president" from a different country. Vlad Putita? Or something like that.
Likely American windows will become flimsy and people just start falling randomly out of windows.
I think they'd rather die.
That is one of the options, yes.
I agree. Centrist leaders will do anything for their overlord billionaires to fight the (real, actual) left. Look no farther than the lead up to Nazi Germany. It's why the commies hate liberals (as in moderates, centrists, etc) so damn much.
If he wins again he already has a plan and people working to have the military in the streets to slaughter protesters on day one. He is also planning to arrest/execute anyone that has tried to hold him responsible for anything. If he wins its game over for democracy full stop, he isn't going to take a chance of going to prison again.