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In reply to the discussion: How close is America to a dictatorship? [View all]Eyeball_Kid
(7,431 posts)This is no joke, it's not a reality show. It IS reality.
There will not be another four years of Constitutional government to survive. There will be no Constitution. There will be autocratic rule.
BTW, what's grossly unnerving is the current framing, by the punditry, of a government without a Constitution. It's meekly referred to in the media as a transition to a "Monarchy." That sounds so beneficent, doesn't it?
But there's no indication that anyone really wants a Monarchy. Even Trumpy doesn't want a Monarchy. HE WANTS TO BE AN AUTOCRATIC DICTATOR.
The Flapjaw Class is trying to frame an acquittal as some kind of reiteration of or return to the English royalty system.
Oh, how romantic! A "Monarchy" removes all of the hard edges of what's really transpiring: an autocratic dictatorship. There will be no pomp and circumstance of a British royalty. There will only be Trumpy plotting a world oligopoly in which he, Putin, the Saudis, and other obscenely wealthy autocrats are in control of ALL economic and political processes.
If civil rights (i.e. The Bill of Rights) get in the way, they will be swiftly eliminated. THAT'S how it works, that's what history tells us, and that's what will happen.