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I mean, don't be so defeatist. Thats what they want you to feel.
We still have a last line of defence: Federalism.
We'd just have to hope the Democratic governors have the spine to stand up against Federal tyranny when the time comes, when they use the military against the people. And it's up to the people in the 50 State's National Guard, and law enforcement, and the military to decide between the constitution and fascism.
As for the federal firings, that's not something that state governments can do anything about, so that's unstoppable. But if you are talking about soldiers on the streets nazi style, probably not happening yet. We still have a bit of time to change course.
I'll tell you this: if the 2026 midterms elections is cancelled, or if republicans win both houses, there's probably no hope (since the opposition usually gains during midterms). That's just civil war, and you'll have to hope the pro-constitution side wins the civil war.
TLDR: You'll have to hope elections still exist, and hope that democrats win in 2026, hopefully both houses. And also they'll have to win 2028 with a trifecta.
And States run elections btw, the federal government will literally have to deploy troops to stop elections. And the governors can try to use the National Guard to blockcade federal troops from entering.
Honestly democrats have been spouting off about how dangerous republicans are but when push comes to shove they serve up the same bills but somehow even worse and them drink tea with the fascists.
The dems better get real fuckin lefty real quick if they ever want to win an election again. But they wontt, they'll just emulate dump even more like they did with Reagan.
The last time the economy crashed, the US got 40 years of progressivism. Hopefully we get something out of this fucking bullshit
At the current trajectory, it be at best a renewed appreciation for how good things used to be.
/r Collapse warned us...
Okay but you do remember we were here before and the national guard and law enforcement extremely made it very clear who's side they were on... right?
Yes I know. They are right wing, they always have been.
Even when the miliary affirmed Biden's victory, that was a right wing military doing so.
The questions is: How far will they go.
If you were talking about Jan 6, that's because trump was in control of the national guard so he obviously didn't call them in, since he plotted it himself.
Americans have always grew up learning the idea of "Rule of Law". If trump (or whoever is president in 2028) cancels elections and they receive orders to march into polling stations to shut them down. That would conflict their worldview of "Rule of Law".
Its one thing for trump to do a Jan 6. He has plausible deniability (at least in the eyes of the right-wing). He didn't directly say "Go Storm The Capital". He implied it. So its easy for the people in the militaey to say "well he didn't intend for that to happen".
Getting an order to literally stop voting from taking place will probably make them have a "Are we the baddies" moment.
Of couse, some will still obey orders. But not all. We just have to hope that enough will disobey orders
The fact thats only as far back as you went is sorta my point.
Yall dont remember before that, when Trump last was president as well, the crowds getting kettlepotted and gassed out, the peaceful crowds getting dispersed just so trump could take a photo op?
Suppressing protests have happened throughout US history, it's nothing new.
Civil Rights, Unions, Strikes, Vietnam War Protests, etc... Americans would've desensitized and gotten used to it that it is wasn't gonna raise any red flags.
What does that have to do with my original statement.
I feel like Trump could just make up any half assed excuse for why the voting stations need to be shut down though and they'd buy it.
Like it Trump says it, it is rule of law to them
Okay I'm gonna go offtopic and give you anecdotes
My parents are CCP sympathizers, yet they defied the one child policy and gave birth to me, the second child in the family.
In recent events, in China, the CCP has high approval rating, yet people got tired of all the lockdowns and people protested against the "Zero Covid" policy and that probably is the reason why the CCP ended the Zero Covid policy.
My point is, these conservatives aren't as loyal as you think they are.
Hmmm, it seems the modern way for autocracies to deal with elections is to control the information space. I don't see election being called off, but major social media platforms boosting one side while attenuating the other goes a long way. We know Musk is all in on this and the other big players like Zuckerberg & Co seem all too happy to oblige. Tiktok is an open ended question at this point.
So there is two different types (from how I understant it):
One is that elections are just completely fraudulent
The other has legitimate elections (as in, they actually count the votes and not make up numbers) but with a strong propaganda machine that favors the government.
Russia is the first type
Turkey is the second type
I think the USA would become more of a Turkey situation than a Russia situation