Yes, but (not to be Debbie Downer) it may not fall until after we're long gone. Franco's dictatorship in Spain lasted 36 years; Mussolini's dictatorship in Italy lasted 21 years; Pinochet's dictatorship in Chile lasted 17 years. That's why we must resist the coming MAGA dictatorship from Day One.
But it can, as we have seen around the world take decades, if not centuries for dictatorships to fall. Many people will suffer. Our slide into authoritarianism was entirely preventable but too many people fell for the propaganda that ultimately hinged on racism and sexism. Hard lessons ahead.
The last time the world was engulfed by fascism, all it took to get rid of it was a 6-year war that cost 100 million lives and ended in two cities getting nuked. Piece of cake!
I think you are right. But while officially neutral, the USA was clearly supportive of Britain, and willingly became the 'arsenal of democracy'.
There was never any possibility that they would do the same for Hitler.
While today, Trump and MAGA are Putin's bitches.
In my lifetime I've seen many countries ruled by dictators for many years. Maybe one day they will be ousted, but sadly it takes too long and the people and the country suffer.
Our only chance is to make sure it doesn't even begin here!
And how many people will suffer and die until it does? How much damage to the environment? Sure, it will eventually fail. Will any of us here now live long enough to see it? What will our lives be like until it finally fails?
It may be a matter of the dictator admitting it (never happen), or go crying to Dad-ski when strongly recommended they leave in a hurry under the cover of night (aka, a cowardly retreat).
One can't preach intolerance, then hide behind the shield of tolerance as your defense. That's breaking the social contract, placing you outside of it's bounds.
What does it even mean to claim you have free speech to overthrow free speech? It's nonsense.
The Russian society is proof that some populations just want subjugation. A man may fall, but whether it's a Tzar or an authoritarian regime, the DESIRE for change has to come from within.
History shows that dictatorships do not last. The power of people united for justice and freedom is unstoppable. Challenges may come, but they never outshine the human spirit. Stay hopeful and keep standing for what is right. Together, we make the future brighter. ✨💪
Let's hope it doesn't take 50 years with half a million civilian deaths. Although if you count the Corona Virus deaths under his previous watch he's already done nearly that in just a couple of years. More to come I'm sure. Buckle up. Organize.
So 'gritty'. Delivered genocide, Medical debt, MAGA. QANON. RFK Jr. Worshiping billionaires. And normalising shooting little children at school. Forgive me if I don't share your optimism fir it all to be magically made good. Exceptionalism is a MH crisis that delivered what you got.
I will never forget or forgive Evangelical Preacher Franklin Graham and his followers for ramming Trump down our throats by calling Trump the chosen one. Vulnerable people will never question their Preachers,
That's what you were saying years ago. Now, he is back. So disheartening. I will believe it when I see it, and it looks like he is going to succeed at every corrupt thing he tries to do. Please stop, he's not losing or falling.
I've been to several 'post dictatorship' countries. The damage to the country, its people and institutions lasts much longer than the dictatorship did -- and once it 'fails' the country doesn't recover easily; damage lasts for generations.
Germany and Japan's economies bouced back stronger. But the stench hung around for decades.
Trumps stench will linger forever in America because of the 1st ammendment. There will always be a Trump cult.
I was hoping, however, to avoid all the death and destruction between dictator tRump's rise and inevitable fall. I'm thinking Nero and Rome level crap.
I’m afraid it will fall after he is gone. Which stinks because I want him to suffer the consequences. And I want those consequences to be on display for anyone else who has similar inclinations.
I keep saying that attempting to start a dictatorship in a country full of weapons isn't the smartest thing. If Trump keeps pushing he will have a full blown revolution on his hands in fairly short order. The fuses are already lit thanks to him.
Assad's family was in power for 5 decades. Putin's been office for a very long time. Hitler was in power for 11 years. Hopefully it won't take us that long.
Oh not so sure. Putin has been at it for a while now. Kim Jong Un also. And Xi Jinping. Yes, the party will eventually fall, decades from now, unless there’s a war before that to get him out.
But it could be 50 years before that happens. And there won't be much of the U.S. left by then. I really loved my country. It's gone now. And I mourn the loss. And the cruelty that so many people actually wanted.
It took 52 years and 500k dead civilians to topple the Assad dictatorship.
Relatively easy for them to get in and really tough to get em out.
Thank you to all the people who didn't vote💔
Unless the dictatorship manages to convince enough people that it's not a dictatorship.
Like Russian and Hungary, for instance. They've been going for a LONG time without falling.
How quickly, and how many lives destroyed in the process?
It makes me so angry and sad that this could have been prevented if ~250k voters in specific states could have given the strong qualified woman their vote
Yes. I still get pissed about the whole Hillary situation. The Far Right propaganda machine had 30 years to vilify her and that was part of the successful formula of defeating her.
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They need to be fought off with commitment and unfaltering courage.
The incoming Admin is a the wet dream of the Madison Square Nazis.
There was never any possibility that they would do the same for Hitler.
While today, Trump and MAGA are Putin's bitches.
Our only chance is to make sure it doesn't even begin here!
The people saying that are the ones with the money to run.
The concern is the damage done until that fall..and the time it takes to recover if we can.
But remember that all political systems fall, no matter their type. Liberal democracy will fall too.
The task is to ensure it doesn't happen today.
Germany still had to make worshiping Nazi leaders illegal to make them stop.
One can't preach intolerance, then hide behind the shield of tolerance as your defense. That's breaking the social contract, placing you outside of it's bounds.
What does it even mean to claim you have free speech to overthrow free speech? It's nonsense.
Here's to reason's rule!
https://bsky.app/profile/skyyks.bsky.social/post/3ld2orazxvc2m
Syria's pop. = 3-6M thru post-WWII decades of coups. Ancient cradle of civ, plagued by postwar EG & Nazi relocation.
Non-indig US pop = 330M+, 100% gritty migrant heritage over ~350yrs.
Good luck, MFers.
I'm just not very concerned about stuff that happened to a country the size of my hometown (Houston) working nationwide on 330M.
Trumps stench will linger forever in America because of the 1st ammendment. There will always be a Trump cult.
Ta!
though the bit after they fall could also be dicey.
Can I just ask if you've ever read any books about how long the Emperors lasted in the Roman Empire once the Republic fell.
Delusion clouds the nation’s sight,
No justice, no right.
We need to stop focusing on the incoming government as if it's the PROBLEM, rather than the SYMPTOM.
The PROBLEM is that 77 million people were dumb or evil enough to think this is okay. THAT is what needs to be fixed.
BUY TV STATIONS. THEY DID.
I also hope the process won't take decades... or centuries.
https://youtu.be/wWIbCtz_Xwk?si=2vsYIE5r32-VnVN3
Relatively easy for them to get in and really tough to get em out.
Thank you to all the people who didn't vote💔
Like Russian and Hungary, for instance. They've been going for a LONG time without falling.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-29-trumps-meet-the-press-interview-a-mess/id1769072538?i=1000680024304 #Trump #Obamacare #Ukraine
It makes me so angry and sad that this could have been prevented if ~250k voters in specific states could have given the strong qualified woman their vote
A self serving cult leader, and nothing more.