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If Trump wins the election, US cities are at risk of military takeovers and mass deportations
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2024
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We're thiiiiis close to the death of the "free world." Fascism is a blink away.
Seriously, and it's his supporters that are the problem.
Trump is obviously a buffoon, but it's his mass of ignorant bigots, thieves, and exploiters that give him his power.
Even if he loses, these people aren't going anywhere. They are the real problem.
Well they are going somewhere. They’re dying. And younger generations don’t share the popularity of his idiocy. Plus if he does lose, the Republican Party may very well implode being unable to sustain itself on mixing extremist views with moderate ones. This election is for all the chips basically.
It’s so sad too. I just visited a concentration camp and memorial in Germany with plaques highlighting the evils of facism and thought to myself wow, there it is, in my home country (US). And I hope we don’t continue to get worse.
I wish we'd have that level of openness here in Romania. There's plenty of Romanians who think of the Holocaust as a specifically German thing and are wilfully ignorant about our complicity.
Don't worry, It Can't Happen Here.
EDIT: The capitalization is very important.
Always has been.
its arguably already here. Americans are unwillingly participating in a far right wing genocide which is splintering the entire western world order, the UN, the ICC, American soft power, and the concept of democracy.
A blink away from having all the levers of power.