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By Professor Marc Murphy of the Brandeis School of Law

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 points 32 minutes ago

Uhhhh get this human generated slop out of here!

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 59 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

I've never seen anything in the US more complicit towards fascism and autocracy than the US media. They reported NOTHING negative about Trump for months? Why? Fairness? But Kamala got fucked every headline ''Job Numbers trending up, but are the numbers too soft because of Harris? " type of bullshit.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 35 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Almost as if the rich and powerful have WAY too much control. Break out yer guillotines!

[–] SpaceShort@feddit.uk 6 points 3 hours ago

They want fascism. It's an element of class war.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 8 hours ago
[–] gazby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 96 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

The pathway to authoritarianism is lined with people telling you to stop overreacting

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I hope as fuck that everyone who said that eventually realize they were warned, and take some humility into the future

Maybe, maybe, break Cassandra's curse. At least for a little bit

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yea, and then they’ll say “never forget” and build a monument and a museum. And then everyone forgets 2 generations later. Just look at Israel, the families there still materially experience the lingering effects of genocide yet they continue to perpetrate another one.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 hours ago

That is the unfortunate reality of it. I wish I could say that I hope it will be different this time but..

About the one hope I have is that during the next iteration we overhaul society's systems to so solidly work for the average person that it helps counteract this cycle, but it's hard to stay optimistic for sure

[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 4 points 5 hours ago

There are plenty of people overreacting, so stop overreacting about no overreaction /s

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 130 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Mr. President, a second presidency just hit the south tower.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 13 hours ago

They’re building a third tower now

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 199 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

2016 was worse for America than 9/11.

2000 was worse for America than 9/11.

[–] parody@lemmings.world 6 points 7 hours ago

Retrospectively? Would give someone’s left nut for 2016 murca and not fucking bullshit 2025 fucking Russia (the one between Maine/Alaska/Hawaii/Florida under the orange thumb)

Hope your kids never wanted to ski outdoors Heritage Foundation!

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 147 points 15 hours ago (9 children)

Yes. Trump's failure during Covid was killing a 9/11's worth of Americans weekly.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 18 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Republicans preventing the US from joining the first world probably kills more than that every week.

[–] ShooK@lemm.ee 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

First, second, and third world country idealogy is outdated.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Well, the US has joined the second world now, but not in the way that the parent commenter means it.

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Yep, we're now aligned with Russia.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 38 points 14 hours ago

give 'em some time. it's still early in the first quarter and he's still getting warmed up

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[–] griff@lemmings.world 57 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Jr Bush/ Cheney laid an awful lot of the groundwork for Trunk One’s malevolence

As did Reagan and Bush I. And for that matter, a lot of their people cut their teeth under Nixon. Some cancers take a long time to grow.

[–] Trebuchet@lemm.ee 42 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] griff@lemmings.world 33 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Lee Atwater, Newt Gingrich etc etc etc

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 1 points 12 minutes ago

You forgot Roy Cohn, the master snake.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 84 points 15 hours ago

Needs an update:

Now of course the "Rule of Law" is already destroyed and the plane should be headed for the 2nd one...

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 40 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I do think that Trump's first administration was fascist-lite. He had set precedence that future politicians will do. However, his second term has now gone full fascist and it is no longer "setting precedence", but making breakthrough and ripping apart the very heart of democracy and what it means to be human.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 20 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Kick a narcissist out of your home and tell them you don’t want them anymore, and if they manage to get back in, you won’t ever forget you crossed them.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

The media called his second run a "revenge tour", and they weren't fucking wrong. Trump's only objective this time around is to stick it to the people who held him back the first time. First his old cabinet, then career civil servants, then judges, and eventually, the rest of us.

[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 47 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Just need a 2nd plane labelled "republican traitor filth".

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 30 points 15 hours ago

I don't know why you would write the same term 3 times.

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