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Do you believe that Christo-fascism will take over America if Donald Trump is reelected? (midwest.social)

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[–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

No, the current group of young voters is predominantly democrat voting, and atheism is growing. This is temporary, once the boomers age out we will likely see a trend towards the left again.

I unironically blame Trump and MAGAism on lead. We still need to hold on for how plastic plays out, but I'm sure lead brain plays a huge role in the modern political climate.

I don't think whoever is in office is somehow playing into what religion people pick. This isn't Saudi Arabia or something either, our government is actually set up in such a way that radical sweeping changes aren't possible. They picked at some of our rights, but it's not like we're on our way to the gulags anytime soon.

And really the issues we're seeing have been prevalent for decades, it's not like Trump has done anything but highlighted the crazies.

I'm not saying there isn't a threat that needs to be taken seriously, and I'm not trying to down play the reality of the situation, but again, we're not on our way to the gulags anytime soon.

[–] GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

I agree with 99% of your reply, but this one key part:

our government is actually set up in such a way that radical sweeping changes aren't possible.

The following is from the PDF hosted on the Project 2025 website:

Aggressive Approach to Senate-Confirmed Leadership Positions. While Senate confirmation is a constitutionally necessary requirement for appointing agency leadership, the next Administration may need to take a novel approach to the confirmations process to ensure an adequate and rapid transition. For example, the next Administration arguably should place its nominees for key positions into similar positions as “actings” (for example, putting in a person to serve as the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner of CBP while that person is going through the confirmation process to direct ICE or become the Secretary). This approach would both guarantee implementation of the Day One agenda and equip the department for potential emergency situations while still honoring the confirmation requirement. The department should also look to remove lower-level but nevertheless important positions that currently require Senate confirmation from the confirmation requirement, although this effort would require legislation (and might also be mooted in the event of legisla- tion that closes portions of the department that currently have Senate-confirmed leadership).

If you get the right people in the right positions to do enough damage in a short timeframe, it becomes "Shoot first, ask questions later"