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Fears grow that Trump will use the military in ‘dictatorial ways’ if he returns to the White House (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] Uglyhead 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I’m waiting for the unmarked vans full of unmarked people to start kidnapping ordinary people off the street (again)— like what happened in his first 4 years.

[–] ChicoSuave 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Remember the George Floyd/BLM protests in Portland where that actually happened? It was a test for Trump to see what is legal and it was never challenged in court.

[–] Uglyhead 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It went into a MemeryHole

[–] Uglyhead 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A huge one full of many many things that went unexamined because of the FLooD Of BuLlShiT.

His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.

—A psychological profile of Adolf Hitlers tactics, after his death