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Cyrano

(15,388 posts)
50. The problem is that the bad guys control all the levers of power
Mon May 18, 2020, 12:26 PM
May 2020

America isn't Cuba of the 1950s that can be overthrown by a rebel band.

We have the biggest, most powerful arsenal in the history of the world. And if Trump remains in power, do you think he'd hesitate to use it? He will, unless the Joint Chief of staff won't let him. And that would be a military coup d'etat. If the military took over and ousted Trump, would they hold power, or, through some way or another return power to civilian rule. And if so, who is it they'd return that power to?

All of this is hypothetical bullshit. But one thing that isn't hypothetical is that if Trump gets another term, and the military doesn't revolt, he will do whatever is necessary to tighten his grasp on power. Hell, he'd nuke San Francisco in a heartbeat if he didn't like something Bill Gates said.

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Maybe actually drink the bleach. dem4decades May 2020 #1
Long vacation to Canada. nt leftyladyfrommo May 2020 #2
Prevention of the theft is do or die. Mister Ed May 2020 #3
Remind us who won the 2018 and 2019 elections... brooklynite May 2020 #4
Remind us who stole the 2000, 2004, and 2016 elections Cyrano May 2020 #19
if that happens, don't know anything effective we can do, we are doomed. lark May 2020 #5
American Democracy dies if they steal this Johnny2X2X May 2020 #6
I have no answers for you. I think they will try to steal the election and may very well Nay May 2020 #7
It would be very depressing to say the least - but "we get the government we deserve" walkingman May 2020 #8
Belize. Lochloosa May 2020 #9
I'm going to get together all the money I can kacekwl May 2020 #10
Now we're talking. Get pissed off and fighting mad. I'll join you. nt Hotler May 2020 #15
take to the streets. march without wearing your bra !!!! bring out the guns like those protesting. trueblue2007 May 2020 #58
I think possibly some states would actually secede, or at least attempt it. tavernier May 2020 #11
I wouldn't worry. flamin lib May 2020 #12
Plan B if we discover We the People lost our sovereignty after 2012? Hortensis May 2020 #13
It depends on how House and Senate races go LymphocyteLover May 2020 #14
I think that at least the Senate will be bound to how well Trump does Proud Liberal Dem May 2020 #40
Agree though LymphocyteLover May 2020 #42
From your lips to whatever universal intelligence may exist Cyrano May 2020 #44
Just saying Proud Liberal Dem May 2020 #47
Buy guns, organize and actually start a revolution unlike those fools on the right LymphocyteLover May 2020 #16
But only single shot guns sarisataka May 2020 #31
Um, no... LymphocyteLover May 2020 #43
Are you implying sarisataka May 2020 #46
In this case, I make an exception LymphocyteLover May 2020 #49
Interesting sarisataka May 2020 #54
No one said it would be easy... LymphocyteLover May 2020 #55
You certainly invest the formal into the informal. LanternWaste May 2020 #59
So to use the colloquial verbage, sarisataka May 2020 #61
Exactly which neighbor are you going to shoot? Cyrano May 2020 #45
I don't plan on shooting anyone sarisataka May 2020 #48
My apologies Cyrano May 2020 #51
Tough old world when informal speculation is seen as advocating for a thing, LanternWaste May 2020 #60
Keep going. Steelrolled May 2020 #17
I have no doubt ItsjustMe May 2020 #18
I honestly do not know what we will do. Wife and I are 70. NoMoreRepugs May 2020 #20
Already made the move elevator May 2020 #30
How much does it cost to live reasonably comfortably where you are? rainin May 2020 #33
Depends... elevator May 2020 #65
Is it silly to be afraid of the crime in Mexico? I read about expats in Mexico rainin May 2020 #66
Safer than the US elevator May 2020 #67
I will. Thank you!!! Lastly, if we don't know Spanish rainin May 2020 #68
Right about Parisians elevator May 2020 #70
I appreciate your grasp of reality and your ability to convey it to us. I'm going to paraphrase abqtommy May 2020 #21
I love Isaac Asimov Cyrano May 2020 #29
I think Asimov is one of the best writers I've come across. He and Heinlein worked together abqtommy May 2020 #38
The problem is that the bad guys control all the levers of power Cyrano May 2020 #50
The "bad guys" are always part of the problem. It just gets worse when we "good guys" let them abqtommy May 2020 #62
Ireland. sinkingfeeling May 2020 #22
If they steal the election all hell will break loose. shockey80 May 2020 #23
And the Right JmAln May 2020 #36
My personal plan B is not to discuss online or over the phone whatever I might or might not be doing struggle4progress May 2020 #24
There will be a grand response. Baked Potato May 2020 #25
Don't forget. Also, forging signatures and filling in blank absentee ballots after collecting Jamastiene May 2020 #26
plan is Never Stop Resisting eShirl May 2020 #27
I will leave the country and never come back. SoonerPride May 2020 #28
What's your plan B? sarisataka May 2020 #32
Most of these responses are so discouraging rainin May 2020 #34
We are fucked Cosmocat May 2020 #35
Hope for a good assigment when I'm sent to a re-education camp? Dread Pirate Roberts May 2020 #37
I can't even handle the emotional stress of thinking of that happening TBH Proud Liberal Dem May 2020 #39
You are negative and this post serves no purpose really. However, the answer is this. You can't Demsrule86 May 2020 #41
Negative? Serves no purpose? Cyrano May 2020 #52
The more I think about, there is no plan B. shockey80 May 2020 #53
One must remember, Trump is emblematic of a worldwide trend towards fascism Mr. Ected May 2020 #56
take to the streets. march without wearing your bra !!!! bring out the guns like those protesting. trueblue2007 May 2020 #57
trump and his goons will feel free to steal the election---until we make them afraid to do so. Paladin May 2020 #63
In that case we storm the Bastille! ElementaryPenguin May 2020 #64
There isn't a plan B. GaYellowDawg May 2020 #69
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