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Chronicling a body of evidence demonstrating that the U.S. government is horrifyingly tyrannical at almost every level, and authoritarianism, cronyism and corruption have poisoned almost every aspect of American life. We show the very real need for Americans to follow through on the Founding Fathers' instructions to overthrow their government and the evil corporations that control it.

If you find a news article or dumb corporate bigot on Twitter that has said or done something so egregious that it made you wonder why Americans don't band together and do something about those motherfuckers, it belongs here.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/8181951

It’s Official: With “Vermin,” Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk He’s telling us what he will do to his political enemies if he’s president again. Is anyone listening?

I feel pretty safe in saying that we can now stop giving him the benefit of that particular doubt. His use—twice; once on social media, and then repeated in a speech—of the word “vermin” to describe his political enemies cannot be an accident. That’s an unusual word choice. It’s not a smear that one just grabs out of the air. And it appears in history chiefly in one context, and one context only.

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[–] agent_flounder 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yes, some of us are listening and have been since 2015, and recognize that Trump is using a lot of tactics out of the fascist playbook.

Our culture's art and entertainment boasts many examples of cautionary tales about authoritarianism and fascism. Yet somehow too few actually recognized it in 2015.

Now, years after his presidency, are there really some people left that still don't see it? I hope enough know what is at stake, but I guess we shall see.

I think trump will more than outdo himself a second time around.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There are some people who would refuse to concede Trump's ideology is similar to Nazism even if he ordered busloads of people to be sent to the gas chambers because the Nazis used trains, not buses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

We need to learn to stop fucking trying to convince people of the obvious and to start removing those fascist assholes from office.

If we bused a shitload of Team Blue folks to the counties where they're duly elected, pay for them to live for at least a year and then vote the assholes out en masse, that'd be a legal way to do it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Now, years after his presidency, are there really some people left that still don’t see it?

Absolutely yes. There's always someone.

In a sort of satirical way - some people are part of that day's lucky ten thousand.