People keep saying "it's gonna be a long four years," and I keep saying: this cannot go on for even a small portion of that.
People will die, government will crumble, America will go to war, and our democratic republic will be dead, buried, and rotted out top to bottom. He *must* be removed ASAP
People will die, government will crumble, America will go to war, and our democratic republic will be dead, buried, and rotted out top to bottom. He *must* be removed ASAP
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Alexander Clarkson
I don't think you can look at what is brewing in Washington right now and just assume that the US will still be a functioning geopolitical actor this time next year
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How (😀) is that not acceptable to you?
my point was to say that absolutely everything is up for grabs, short (for the moment) of illegality.
We can't just have one of his lackeys take over.
And then we had the discussion about weeks, months, etc. But I found it helpful to shock by foregrounding that they’re aiming for a longer reich.
Virtuous men can make anything succeed, evil men can make anything fail
and this will go on much longer than four years
much longer than Trump
even if the GOP is defeated in four years
Musk and Bezos and Thiel will still be staggeringly rich
and they will still be working to undermine democracy
we're boned
like
bad
It's not going to "just end" in 4 years. Trump will be in the White House until he is either....
1. Forcibly removed.
2.Dies of natural causes, maybe next year, maybe 10 or 15 years from now.
3. Killed by his own people.
Can't really think of a 4th option.
People are already dying.
Trumps removal from office through normal bureaucratic actions is a nonstarter. The bureaucrats with the power to take these actions all support the efforts to destroy the democracy.
We are in a cold war that will not resolve until it becomes a hot war.
There will be blood. And everyone's hands will be stained with it. This is the only way.
Are people pissed enough yet?
What's your red line?
This insanity needs to stop.
We stop this. We save us. We save our country.
Figure out how to make that happen!
And yes, people will die. They already have in vulnerable locations due to US Aid. Again, Americans VOTED FOR THIS.
Many are quite happy to see Ukraine betrayed, polling for Ukraine in the US is nothing at all like in Europe
America has chosen a different path, Trumps the manifestation of that, but they chose it.
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Sort-of related. Time for the seventh party system, I guess.
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Nope! We don’t have even 2 years to stop this. We have right now. Look how much damage has been done in 30 days.
Trump opened the door to madness. His passing simply invites younger, more committed wackos to fill the void.
We have hard times ahead.
The complacency around this Administration and what might happen is incredible.
For one, Trump may try to stay.
But also, after 3+ years of a “state of exception” I don’t see the right accepting a return to the status quo ante - including primaries.
But every day, I look at the news and feel like the window of nonviolent return to normal is closing.
And whatever the result it’ll be bleak on the other side
Funds are being looted, war plans are being hatched against allies, deals are being done with dictators and anyone with a conscience is resigning or being fired. You have to act now, and forcefully.
No one is coming to help, we have to figure out how to get through this together
Really depends on how much Trump cares about Trump