In 50 years this quote will be in textbooks and students will wonder how people nowadays could not see the signs
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Well it'll either be in the chapter:
How Trump Saved America, The South Has Risen
Or
Democracy Survived, How America Repelled a Fascist
Or possibly: The Fall of the American Empire
The fall of the American republic...the fall of the empire comes a bit later
What if it's The Fall of America: Why We Went To War With The USA
Well, there's Hitler who did exactly the same: publish a book, try not one but several coups, still get named chancelier legally. In France we like them too: we have 2 Napoléon who did the same thing. It almost happened another time in 1958, but the man they put in power was reasonable for once.
"I just wanted fiscal responsibility!1!" says man that wasted money on Trump merch.
It might be, but he has so many quotes that you could say this about.
If you're a leftist in the US and you want to really scare the shit out of conservatives, get a gun and learn how to use it.
If they ever manage to take away our voting rights, they're not gonna give them back just cause we asked nicely.
A-ha but if I call out a contradiction in their opinions surely they will fold.
Just let them gain power for a short time and people will see their true face and not vote for them again. Worked in Germany. The NSDAP never got a majority of votes.
the nazi occupation being notably bloodless and easy to get rid off..
And allow them to get their message out on every possible platform all the time. This will not normalize hate speech and recruit members at all but will make people will see they are evil and ignore at them until they evaporate.
Did you know that the leader of the NSDAP took his life once he realized that he has failed? While this is a sad fate of an individual, it tells alot about how people can be chastened not by silencing them but quite the opposite way.
Even better - the leader of the NSDAP killed Hitler! Truly a hero of democracy 🫡
We celebrate people who tried but not the one who succeeded. Makes you think.
Doesn't work. I have several. And I have a concealed carry. A conservative knowing these things has never been scared. They use it as an excuse to pull out theirs because they think like children and have to show and tell. Even if it's in a public place, like the damn corner of a courthouse. Which is not the kind of place a responsible adult should ever reveal a weapon.
Yikes. My condolences. That sounds stressful, to say the least.
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Also, learn how to fly drones if you can, if (when?) things go shit-fan-hitting globally, that seems like a really useful skill to have in your group, considering how the face of warfare looks at the moment.
With a quick reminder: If you in any way can, don't do this solo, connect with others, don't get arrogant about it, either. The fascist preppers have a huge weakness in their narcissistic individualist "I am better than the sheep" prepping style. Being able to actually support and organise a community in the potentially coming chaos is important.
It makes me so mad when people pretend that we shouldn't take this seriously. Aaaand even if he hadn't already promised to become a fascist dictator, taking the shit he says seriously in that scenario would still be better than not taking it seriously in the scenerio where he has already promised to become a fascist dictator, which is the scenario we are living.
He literally rallied a violent mob to try and overturn the last election.
Like, you have to be a moron to think he's "joking" about trying to be a fascist dictator.
Saying the quiet part out loud...
seriously it's like those newspapers that reported the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand as good for global peace
Go take a stop the bleed course & learn to shoot a rifle now.
If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.
RIP Keef
Don't know how credible this article is, but I will post this just in case: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/27/us/politics/trump-votes-christians.html
I mean it's the NYTimes. I don't necessarily like their editorial biases, but I trust them on statements of fact like definitively saying Trump said x, because I trust them to not want to be sued for libel.
He knows that their age is high enough or their IQ low enough that they won't likely be alive anymore by the next election cycle.
Holy fuck...
I watched the video itself. He barely mentioned it and it pretty obviously was one of his on-the-spot incoherent ramblings that he was just trying to form into a somewhat coherent thought. But the media and memes have been milking it for 3 days straight. That was a 1-day milk, 2-day at most. I'm sure he has done something moronic more recently, let's move on.
Why would we move on from his admitting to what we all know, his goal is the end of our Republic.
What the hell are you talking about, we should NOT move on, that's been the problem all along.
"Sure, there's a whole written plan about this you can read for yourself on the internet, but he barely mentioned that he has a plan to become a dictator. It doesn't really mean you should care." - that asshole, probably
Wait I have another one.
"I mean, he's just rambling incoherently. It doesn't mean we shouldn't give him access to our nuclear arsenal." - that same asshole, almost certainly
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I'm honestly baffled by how many upvotes this take is getting. "Let's move on from Trump's fascist rhetoric" is not a take I would expect to be popular with this community.
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Yeah man, a presidential candidate with a real chance of winning is telling his base that he'll get rid of elections as president, and this is something that his biggest wealthiest supporters actually want him to do. Multibillion dollar right-wing think tanks that work directly with him are openly discussing how the "Democratic experiment" has failed, and that Washington should be "burned to save America".
He checks off just about every other box on the fascism checklist too, including genocide...
But I would hate to overreact, so I'll just pretend it didn't happen.
/s
You're one of those people that believes you shouldn't believe someone when they tell you who they are.
Can I borrow $50?
Casual complacency when faced with actual dictator rhetoric? Bold strategy.
He said it 3 times and it's pretty obvious and clear what he means.
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