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Because you now did it to yourself.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Irrelevant. The people who tried to stop it already know how Hitler came to power, and the ones who should ask how it happened — the ones you should address your post to — either don’t care or actively want another Hitler.

But hey, at least you slammed the people who tried their hardest, rather than actually address conservatives themselves, which would have required you actually confronting them. Glad you feel better, though.

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[–] harmsy 46 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm watching it happen in real time and STILL questioning how it happened. Humans are some stupid motherfuckers. America burned its hand on Trump, and now a disturbing number of Americans are reaching for him again with the same hand, still blistered from the first time.

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[–] laverabe 45 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (14 children)

We need a solution to this, because honestly the US just lost its democracy.

It's 1933.

Any ideas on ways out of this?

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[–] Red_October 43 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Some of us are still trying to figure out how this happened here. At least in between trying to figure out where and how to flee the country, and shutting down entirely.

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[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke 42 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The next question now is. Will your neighbors/friends/relatives cooperate with the new SS (ICE)

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I fucking hate our country right now. This country is the dumbest it’s ever been. There are no word as to how stupid this shithole is...

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I'm still going to question it. We're literally living through it and I don't understand it.

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[–] steeznson 37 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I would be more concerned if he were less stupid. Going by his last presidency he'll spend half his time golfing and the rest driving through ineffective "red meat" policies to get attention from his base. Ultimately he's just a pathetic man who craves attention.

What concerns me more is that his destruction of political norms means that someone who is similarly evil - but actually capable - might be able to use him as a template to take power in the future and make America into a dictatorship. Someone like Xi Jinping as opposed to an aging B-list celebrity.

[–] III 39 points 2 months ago

You should be concerned regardless. He is backed by considerably smarter people whose agenda is way worse than last time. Regardless if Trump pays attention or not the worst people will be unhindered. He isn't even a blocking element to those people taking power because Trump is at worst a rubber stamp and more likely a corpse given his age and lifestyle.

Short version, there isn't even a remote, barely visible silver lining.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You think we're not just as confused how it happened this time?

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[–] leadore 33 points 2 months ago (7 children)

And also, never, EVER tell me again that racists and misogynists are only old people.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I remember seven years ago. Beautiful IV Reich there with caged migrant kids, white Americans publicly scolding people for speaking Spanish, improvisation all around, xenophobia as a government policy, riots on the streets. A revolution is due.

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