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If the past is an indicator of the future, we are in deep shit. 4 possible authoritarian outcomes (vid) (Original Post) Ferrets are Cool Oct 2025 OP
Thank you bcbink Oct 2025 #1
balkanization is most likely rampartd Oct 2025 #2
Likely true Picaro Oct 2025 #3
None of the authoritarian leaders lasted...period. This one won't either PortTack Oct 2025 #4
This.... RT Atlanta Oct 2025 #7
Yeah, we're fucked. durablend Oct 2025 #5
We need to do scenario #4, but we would still face scenario #3 difficulties from the MAGA dead-enders. Efilroft Sul Oct 2025 #6

rampartd

(5,041 posts)
2. balkanization is most likely
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 08:36 AM
Oct 2025

but no. 21st century "normal" is class centered authoritarianism waiting for a strong man. intolerable.

RT Atlanta

(2,797 posts)
7. This....
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 07:11 PM
Oct 2025

and it should scare the hell out of donnie and every effin one of his supporters and 'henchmen' like stephen miller to know - as history teaches us - that their house of cards always crashes and burns

Efilroft Sul

(4,463 posts)
6. We need to do scenario #4, but we would still face scenario #3 difficulties from the MAGA dead-enders.
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 07:08 PM
Oct 2025

Territorial integrity of the nation, and even of the states, is not a given if the fascists aren't put down.

We're through the looking glass, and there's no going back.

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