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In reply to the discussion: My ultra-liberal husband said he will vote for orange [View all]haele
(15,430 posts)He's got to be joking.
By all indications, TFG will get rid of anyone in government who doesn't swear allegiance to him. All the way to Program Manager positions.
The old "Tear it all down so we can sing Kumbaya and rebuild it the way it's supposed" to be has never ended up well for anyone but the ruling gang family that takes over in the chaos and confusion.
It's going to be Might makes Right for generations. No equal representation under some sort of law, no providing for the general welfare, no privacy, no enumerated rights for people without money or political influence, no free speech, no redress - none of that.
Technocrats and Christian Nationalists fighting it out for who gets to run the country 'like a private business' is what you're going to get if you vote for Trump.
Positive change always comes from the inside. The New Deal did not come out of a Revolution or a dictatorship. It came from hard work and intelligent, dedicated elected representation.
Haele