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RKP5637

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6. Definitely true! And as you say, an even more conservative outcome. Generally authoritarian
Sun May 22, 2016, 01:47 PM
May 2016

dictators rise and use any means to suppress descent. In short, the US would become one hellhole.

I think we underestimate the degree to which Trump supporters Fresh_Start May 2016 #1
I think that's quite true. Their bottom line is to destroy the system they feel has not served them RKP5637 May 2016 #2
totally agree Fresh_Start May 2016 #4
Definitely true! And as you say, an even more conservative outcome. Generally authoritarian RKP5637 May 2016 #6
US has already become a hellhole... 99th_Monkey May 2016 #28
Definitely! And with Trump, it will be on steroids. Those thinking he's their F'en hero are RKP5637 May 2016 #36
You may be suffering from Battered Serf Syndrome AgerolanAmerican May 2016 #7
I agree... at this point in time, with the GOP on the edge of destruction, not voting Dem is Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #8
When Scott Biao (i.e., Chachi) talks about his support for Trump, he says this: tblue37 May 2016 #17
i understand the impulse... Fresh_Start May 2016 #23
Frederick Pohl proposed something like that decades ago. SusanCalvin May 2016 #25
Along those lines, Stonepounder May 2016 #37
I think you're referring to "Franchise," by Isaac Asimov Cyrano May 2016 #39
That's it. Thanks. n/t Stonepounder May 2016 #40
I was thinking about that story just the other day! nt tblue37 May 2016 #41
I would directly reject this notion Cosmocat May 2016 #45
Crossed the line? We got drunk on Bud Light and jumped the line on a dirtbike from the flea market NightWatcher May 2016 #3
you forgot a few attributes Fresh_Start May 2016 #5
Too many of us, yes. nt SusanCalvin May 2016 #26
who's this we, paleface? Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #9
'Murica that's who NightWatcher May 2016 #12
YEP Cosmocat May 2016 #46
Hmmmm? libodem May 2016 #10
We crossed the insanity line with Reagan and have been being slowly destroyed ever since. liberal_at_heart May 2016 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #30
You don't remember that week? Egnever May 2016 #43
It's become an SNL skit writ large. WinkyDink May 2016 #13
Except it's not funny. nt SusanCalvin May 2016 #27
"Except"? ;-) WinkyDink May 2016 #47
So you said to not have GDP posts in here... mindwalker_i May 2016 #14
I agree. Whether they like it or not we are still in the middle of a primary so any liberal_at_heart May 2016 #18
the disgruntled masses are the War Pigs May 2016 #15
I think Trump and Ryan bucolic_frolic May 2016 #16
Well said. nruthie May 2016 #19
unification won't help MisterP May 2016 #20
"Insanity in individuals is something rare - Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #21
Psychopaths Johnny2X2X May 2016 #22
Many of them see Trump as the proverbial "useful idiot". . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2016 #34
"The path toward such an era has been laid" awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #24
"Unchartered" territory is one of my favorite malapropisms rjsquirrel May 2016 #29
:) Start by educating themselves. Like, Hillary is LIBERAL. Hortensis May 2016 #48
Maybe you better take a look at the definition of insanity again. zalinda May 2016 #31
If trump gets elected the movie Idiocracy with be a documentary not a fantasy kimbutgar May 2016 #32
If I were young today and had the means, I would get out of the US. n/t RKP5637 May 2016 #38
When 2016 started the Republicans were badly divided & the Democrats supposed to have a stroll. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2016 #33
We are. Really. Most of the strife is media Hortensis May 2016 #49
In my opinion, and it is a well-considered one, the neoliberal PatrickforO May 2016 #35
Biff Tannen for president. roamer65 May 2016 #42
We did that a long time ago when Reagan took office. They knew their actions would Rex May 2016 #44
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