Sure it will, it's the extreme Trump haters that I worry about surviving that long. The rest of us will be just fine whoever wins. :sick:Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
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Sure it will, it's the extreme Trump haters that I worry about surviving that long. The rest of us will be just fine whoever wins. :sick:Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
Sometimes I consider deleting my twitter and Instagram as an act of self protection should we descend into fascism. Because I’ve been clearly anti-Trump. But it’s too late. Everything ever posted is available forever - deleting accounts doesn’t help.
Yes, that is my fear. Fascism in America.
I'm not concerned with governmental fascism, it's the cultural fascism in social media and our cherished social institutions that concerns me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tammy
Yes there is also that ...
apocalypse is likely nothing more nor less than inevitable. I just do what I can. W Bush didn't destroy this country, he destroyed Iraq. Now the guns to seem pointed more inward though.
If anyone still harbors the idea that Trump will stay in power through some kind of coup, his reported dissing of military service should quash that idea. They would never prop him up.
I think you’re right. While people speak hysterically about imaginary fascist coups, the self-appointed inquisition is canceling wrongthinkers wherever they can get away with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
Why are you not fearful of governmental fascism? That is something to be fearful of.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
Fascism definition is - a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.
Because there are protections built into our governing documents and legal system to prevent it, or at least make it difficult to achieve. The only time I'm aware that our government may have been headed down the path of fascism were a few years leading up to WWII when Roosevelt and other leaders were openly admiring Mussolini's fascist regime in Italy and wondering how to implement it here. But, old Benito decided to bend the country's knee to Hitler and it temporarily went out of favor in Democratic circles. I say temporarily because I see similarities espoused by much of the left in this country and the tendency of Dem politicians to at least appear to be on the bleeding edge of those desires, although I suspect rational heads and the constitutional limitations on government we enjoy will eventually prevail before it becomes a governing ideology.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
I'm not so comfortable on the social side of things, the left dominates popular culture through entertainment and other media, and it shows.
I still think it's more a 3rd world model with Trump, than anything early 20th century Europe. Extreme and widespread corruption to the point where most institutions are corrupt, a government unable to do even the most basic things right. Yep. This can be tyrannical too of course and often is. But maybe less like setting the house on fire, and more like termites munching greedily.