Can Dictatorship/Authoritarianism Happen in the US?

OnWis97

We very well may be on the way

Finally someone who doesn’t think am nuts...

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-americans-are-the-witnesses-to-democracys-demise/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=Referrer%3A+Social+Network+%2F+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links&fbclid=IwAR0BAxs5YLtpB5KfH8kQK0_Fjza3ZL2W4jLjbdG0NSZkTp3eKfQrT1T-5EY

VocalImagery

We're already there

Um all I know is my Smart Samsung TV interacted with me in 2013. I was in my living room on New Years Eve and I screamed “I’m still grieving” and Anderson Cooper popped up on the screen and said “Blanket apologizes across the board” I traded the TV for $300 worth of weed with full disclosure “It’s Interactive” Best decision I ever made! 😂

VocalImagery

We're already there

PJ_Soul

We very well may be on the way

Yep. All the signs are pointing in that direction right now. It's not inevitable yet, but it wouldn't take long for the line to be crossed.

HesCalledDyer

We very well may be on the way

We have, for the last decade, completely fucking ignored how every dictator in the history of dictators came into power.  We've brushed every single warning sign aside because we're the mighty USA and nothing can happen to us.  Time to stop living in denial and wake the fuck up! 

Spiritual_Chaos

Kat said:

 What's going on now is disgusting. I never thought I'd see the day. 

Halifax2TheMax

Did you hear the dog whistle last night? “We’re never going back.”

josevolution

We very well may be on the way

Halifax2TheMax said:

Did you hear the dog whistle last night? “We’re never going back.”

Yep mass shootings are part of everyday life like reading a paper or putting on shoes ..

erocshifty

We very well may be on the way

The people currently in charge keep moving the goal posts and are very brazen in their attempts to create an *Us vs. Them* reality. Hope cooler heads prevail and we can find a place of mutual respect and peace within our culture again. 

brianlux

We very well may be on the way

If you're on FaceBook, check out Bill Maher's "Why Republicans Hate Democracy".  Answer's the thread question in both the present, and the affirmative.  Strange days.

Matts3221

We very well may be on the way

Remember Dec 2015?

Everyone was saying " Don't forget this is not normal , do not normalize this person " , we have become so numb to this man's actions , the GOP is nothing but cowards who refuse to stand up for what they believe in.

In this day and age it is so easy to see footage from 2015 , every GOP member pretty much hated him , said he was a racist , sexist monster who had no place in politics let along the white house. Now Ted Cruz is fighting for him , wondering if he remembers when Trump said that Ted Cruz's father may have been the second shooter for JFK just before the Texas primary.

I feel this country could barley take the past four years , if reelection is won I do fear we will start to go down the path of " we should change the rules to more than two terms , because they used to "

I also fear him losing the election and not accepting the results , or differing the election because well he can pretty much do whatever he wants or at least that is the message the GOP and his supports give him everyday.

pjhawks

We very well may be on the way

Matts3221 said:

Remember Dec 2015?

Everyone was saying " Don't forget this is not normal , do not normalize this person " , we have become so numb to this man's actions , the GOP is nothing but cowards who refuse to stand up for what they believe in.

In this day and age it is so easy to see footage from 2015 , every GOP member pretty much hated him , said he was a racist , sexist monster who had no place in politics let along the white house. Now Ted Cruz is fighting for him , wondering if he remembers when Trump said that Ted Cruz's father may have been the second shooter for JFK just before the Texas primary.

I feel this country could barley take the past four years , if reelection is won I do fear we will start to go down the path of " we should change the rules to more than two terms , because they used to "

I also fear him losing the election and not accepting the results , or differing the election because well he can pretty much do whatever he wants or at least that is the message the GOP and his supports give him everyday.

if (god help us all and hopefully it's actually 'when') he loses there is no way he isn't claiming it was rigged. no way right off the bat is he accepting the results. it's going to be Bush-Gore all over again the courts will be the deciding factor. and they will side with the election results but i agree it could get real ugly

dignin

Justice Department undercuts own prosecutors on Trump ally Stone's sentencing

The revised sentencing memorandum, which is expected to be filed in Washington federal court later Tuesday, comes hours after President Donald Trump publicly criticized the recommendation, and the move will again raise questions about the Justice Department's independence from political pressure.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/11/politics/roger-stone-sentencing-justice-department/index.html

Banana republic.

Halifax2TheMax

dignin said:

Justice Department undercuts own prosecutors on Trump ally Stone's sentencing

The revised sentencing memorandum, which is expected to be filed in Washington federal court later Tuesday, comes hours after President Donald Trump publicly criticized the recommendation, and the move will again raise questions about the Justice Department's independence from political pressure.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/11/politics/roger-stone-sentencing-justice-department/index.html

Banana republic.

Rotten banana republic.

dignin

Halifax2TheMax said:

dignin said:

Justice Department undercuts own prosecutors on Trump ally Stone's sentencing

The revised sentencing memorandum, which is expected to be filed in Washington federal court later Tuesday, comes hours after President Donald Trump publicly criticized the recommendation, and the move will again raise questions about the Justice Department's independence from political pressure.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/11/politics/roger-stone-sentencing-justice-department/index.html

Banana republic.

Rotten banana republic.

Barrana republic?

Matts3221

We very well may be on the way

pjhawks said:

Matts3221 said:

Remember Dec 2015?

Everyone was saying " Don't forget this is not normal , do not normalize this person " , we have become so numb to this man's actions , the GOP is nothing but cowards who refuse to stand up for what they believe in.

In this day and age it is so easy to see footage from 2015 , every GOP member pretty much hated him , said he was a racist , sexist monster who had no place in politics let along the white house. Now Ted Cruz is fighting for him , wondering if he remembers when Trump said that Ted Cruz's father may have been the second shooter for JFK just before the Texas primary.

I feel this country could barley take the past four years , if reelection is won I do fear we will start to go down the path of " we should change the rules to more than two terms , because they used to "

I also fear him losing the election and not accepting the results , or differing the election because well he can pretty much do whatever he wants or at least that is the message the GOP and his supports give him everyday.

if (god help us all and hopefully it's actually 'when') he loses there is no way he isn't claiming it was rigged. no way right off the bat is he accepting the results. it's going to be Bush-Gore all over again the courts will be the deciding factor. and they will side with the election results but i agree it could get real ugly

I keep telling my wife , even if he loses it is going to be so ugly , I hate to say it but come October and how much Trump will lash out at everyone and everything is scary to me.

I truly hope this is his only term but I just don't know , again fraud election , stolen from me , executive order  , get supreme court involved. With our luck it will be Florida again. If any thinks Rick Scott would not fuck us all over to get him back in office. It really will be Bush V Gore again.

HughFreakingDillon

Anything's possible, but not time to worry

Matts3221 said:

pjhawks said:

Matts3221 said:

Remember Dec 2015?

Everyone was saying " Don't forget this is not normal , do not normalize this person " , we have become so numb to this man's actions , the GOP is nothing but cowards who refuse to stand up for what they believe in.

In this day and age it is so easy to see footage from 2015 , every GOP member pretty much hated him , said he was a racist , sexist monster who had no place in politics let along the white house. Now Ted Cruz is fighting for him , wondering if he remembers when Trump said that Ted Cruz's father may have been the second shooter for JFK just before the Texas primary.

I feel this country could barley take the past four years , if reelection is won I do fear we will start to go down the path of " we should change the rules to more than two terms , because they used to "

I also fear him losing the election and not accepting the results , or differing the election because well he can pretty much do whatever he wants or at least that is the message the GOP and his supports give him everyday.

if (god help us all and hopefully it's actually 'when') he loses there is no way he isn't claiming it was rigged. no way right off the bat is he accepting the results. it's going to be Bush-Gore all over again the courts will be the deciding factor. and they will side with the election results but i agree it could get real ugly

I keep telling my wife , even if he loses it is going to be so ugly , I hate to say it but come October and how much Trump will lash out at everyone and everything is scary to me.

I truly hope this is his only term but I just don't know , again fraud election , stolen from me , executive order  , get supreme court involved. With our luck it will be Florida again. If any thinks Rick Scott would not fuck us all over to get him back in office. It really will be Bush V Gore again.

and a conservative stacked SCOTUS

Lerxst1992

We very well may be on the way

Halifax2TheMax said:

dignin said:

Justice Department undercuts own prosecutors on Trump ally Stone's sentencing

The revised sentencing memorandum, which is expected to be filed in Washington federal court later Tuesday, comes hours after President Donald Trump publicly criticized the recommendation, and the move will again raise questions about the Justice Department's independence from political pressure.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/11/politics/roger-stone-sentencing-justice-department/index.html

Banana republic.

Rotten banana republic.

A sad day to be an American.

OnWis97

We very well may be on the way

https://www.businessinsider.com/authoritarianism-experts-say-time-running-out-americans-to-stop-trump-2020-2?fbclid=IwAR2YL6dme0W1fAVy1ItPbR4rTwQXQMwHnM6_-UmHOwrbk18sOOvBS-M33l0

gimmesometruth27

We very well may be on the way

Halifax2TheMax said:

dignin said:

Justice Department undercuts own prosecutors on Trump ally Stone's sentencing

The revised sentencing memorandum, which is expected to be filed in Washington federal court later Tuesday, comes hours after President Donald Trump publicly criticized the recommendation, and the move will again raise questions about the Justice Department's independence from political pressure.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/11/politics/roger-stone-sentencing-justice-department/index.html

Banana republic.

Rotten banana republic.

did someone say banana hammock?