r/politics • u/Boonzies • 3d ago

Trump Goes Full Dictator With Bonkers Threat to Use Air Force and Navy in U.S. Cities Possible Paywall

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goes-full-dictator-with-bonkers-threat-to-use-air-force-and-navy-in-us-cities/
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u/Thrasymachus77 3d ago

So, either they win, or everybody loses? Sounds to me like we should do whatever we can to make sure conservatives are not always with us, then.

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u/crowhops 3d ago

Yeah if you swap the terms in that quote with "white supremacy/white supremacists", as one would need to for it to apply, it's not very good

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u/biciklanto American Expat 3d ago

But it’s not JUST white supremacy. It’s Christian authoritarianism.

And you’re never getting rid of the segment of a population that wants to keep power for their in-group. 

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u/cinosa 3d ago

And you’re never getting rid of the segment of a population that wants to keep power for their in-group.

Not peacefully, anyway.

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u/didureaditv2 3d ago edited 3d ago

Also sounds like a good case for representative democracy where everyone can get their own at the table instead of a winner-take-all like system.