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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat would the United States of America actually look like if...
today's right wingnut conservatives actually got their way on every issue? Talk about an absolutely hellish nightmare scenario...
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What would the United States of America actually look like if... (Original Post)
63splitwindow
Jul 2015
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olddots
(10,237 posts)1. they would exterminate each other in a few months
They are good at destruction .
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)2. yeah, but...
they would take everyone else in the world with them just so they could say they were right about their "end times" fixation.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)3. It was called the Bush era
It sucked.
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)4. The scumbags I'm talking about...
are far to the right of Bush.
procon
(15,805 posts)5. the bygone days of the Robber Barons come to mind.
Throw in the vigilante lawlessness of the Western Frontier, ad some spicy Salem Witch Trials, and a heap of Dominionism and Maria Law... no sane place I'd ever want to live.
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)6. That sounds like SOME of its features...
personal freedom would be absolutely nonexistent.
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)7. Handmaid's Tale
Javaman
(62,507 posts)8. you took the words right out of my mouth. nt
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)10. Yep...
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GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)9. oops