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In reply to the discussion: Bye Bye Bernie...There is no economic populism without abortion rights and civil rights. [View all]Sculpin Beauregard
(1,046 posts)And frankly, you're not worried enough about fascism. You think it's business as usual for the next election. It's absolutely not. Trump will use every dirty trick in the book, aided by billionaires and Russia, to keep his power and to shut down any investigation. Nobody will be able to fight back, because any means to fight it will be destroyed or hobbled. You're assuming your constitutional rights will protect you.
He can impose curfews, he can shut down the internet, he can and will control the media, he can make protesting illegal, he can destroy the constitution, he can seize your property and imprison you, he can install his hand-picked judges and lawyers throughout the legal system and many other ways to control people. Do you not see what is already happening? Do you not see how he is not terribly scared of losing power right now, and is indeed flaunting it, emoluments and conflicts of interest be damned? Do you not see how he is creating discord throughout the world? Do you not see how he is treating other heads of state?
What we know for sure is that women's rights will be worse off, not better, with another term of Trump. He will start wars to keep his power, and it will be harder or impossible! to remove him.
This has gotten seriously ridiculous. You can't see the writing on the wall.