So what are people's red line? When shit starts to happen, and it will, what line crossing causes people to wake up?

[Mr.WeRP]

Will it be...
- When SS is cut (this seems to be top of the list... GOP lawmakers held session late in the house on Election Night to resurrect a bill to do just that)
- When Trump starts having Democratic politicians or anyone who opposed him arrested?
- When Trump starts firing Generals until he gets one that will agree to use the military on civilians? When protests start (and they will), this will happen
- The dissolution of Dept. of Education, NOAA, NLRB, National Forestry Service, Peace Corp, and many other gov't departments designed to help the people?
- When Trump consolidates federal law enforcement (including Homeland Security) into one federal police force that swears an oath to Trump and is used to put down dissent?
- When Trump starts rounding up immigrants, legal or otherwise, and sends them and their families to other countries or places them in detention camps?
- When Project 2025 is enacted and the repercussions happen:
- National Abortion Ban
- Ban on Contraceptives
- Ban on Violent Video Games
- Ban on Divorce
- Selling off of National Park Land to ranchers, mines, gas and oil
- Forcing public school students to join the military (private school students are exempted)

The list goes on but I think people get the point... when will enough people's lives be so severely changed that they wake up and stop buying the BS?

[JohnSJ]

1. It will be too late then

[Klarkashton]

2. What will the Joe Rogan wise asses of the world

Going to say about all that shit? I suppose they will be just fine with it.

[Johonny]

10. They are rich and live essentially

Completely detached from the world everyone else lives in.

[maptap22]

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[LisaL]

19. And cheesy snacks.

NT

[RockRaven]

4. When it affects them personally; even then it is a crapshoot if they will correctly

identify the cause. Most won't.

[EllieBC]

5. There is no line.

They’ll always find a way to excuse anything.

[sop]

6. When Trump tries to take away their guns.

Trump's own followers tried to take him out twice during the campaign. Historically, dictators and autocrats eventually take away people's guns to maintain power. This won't end well.

[hadEnuf]

7. Who will let us know about these things? The whipped dog media won't. It has to be personal experience.

Americans really need their noses rubbed in the dog shit to understand apparently.

[doc03]

8. It is always the same thing when the next

recession hits and they lose jobs and money.

[Skittles]

9. repukes never take responsibility for anything

they will find a way to blame Dems

[B.See]

11. All of the above.

[Prairie_Seagull]

12. When his thugs get violent.

Then we will "all" see his true nature.

[BannonsLiver]

13. If Trump stays in power after 4 years and later on if it continues

It’ll be when they come for the guns. Guns are a threat to autocrats and dictators.

[EarthAbides]

14. It is not going to be OK

I think the economy will collapse within 8 months....

Also, within 8 months:
Women's right to chose nationally will be gone.
Small businesses will be gone.
Unions will be busted.
Obamacare will be gone.
Ukraine and Gaza will be gone, maybe even Alaska (Putin wants it).
Trump will create his national police force starting with the DC police department.
Trump won't deport all the brown people, just the ones in his cross hairs, the ones that will hurt the liberals the most, the rest will live in fear and probably become slaves.
JD Vance will become the supreme leader or maybe even someone even worse.

Those 72 million people that voted for Trump that are now in a so-called "rage" because of liberals will be in a state of shock when this all happens and will be useless to those of us that will try to put everything back together.

It is going to be a horrible year, hopefully we will survive. It is not going to be OK.

[stillcool]

15. they'll always be someone else to blame.

depends on how hard you need to believe.

[travelingthrulife]

16. He's Buzz Windrip in '"It can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis

And this seems to be playing out the same way.

[SARose]

17. The border

I hate that phrase. Most Americans have never been to the border.

Here’s some facts:

The US Mexico border is 1,954 miles long and the Texas border with Mexico is 1,254 miles long. This country is brutal and beautiful.

Did you know you can walk across the Rio Grande in several places? No need to swim.

Abbott’s wall will take about 30 years to build at a cost of $20 billion dollars. As of July, Abbott built 36 miles of wall.

Sooo wouldn’t it make more sense to spend $20 billion dollars in Mexico, Central and South America?

Will folks wake up when their school funding (Title I) has been allocated to private prisons?

Will folks wake up when girls sports lose all funding? Trannys don’t cha know?

Will folks wake up when the VA hospitals are sold to for profit hospitals?

Or SS has been sold off to the investment bros?

Ya know we went thru this in the so called Gilded Age. Two of the worst depressions occurred in the 1830’s and 1870’s. Why? Robber barons, child labor, political machines, bribery, do nothing Congress and so forth. Sound familiar?

We never learn.

[newdayneeded]

18. I'll go with 10ft from the camp

entrance.

[TheKentuckian]

21. But only from the inside when the realize the leopard is ready to chow on their mugs.

Then our "look forward" types will be making excuses for their dear friends and family until the ovens are cranked to eleven with them inside and their "friends" flipping the switch laughing after selling them out for a dollar.

FAMILY!

[TheKentuckian]

20. They will generally spin or rationalize ANYTHING.

[Dulcinea]

22. When they realize the President doesn't control the economy.

Gas isn't going back to $1.72/gallon, eggs will never be 99 cents a dozen, & a suburban house will never again be $100K. That's what these buttheads want, & they're sure their Lard and Savior will be able to get it for them. In fact, when they deport all the Hispanic construction workers, there will be another housing shortage. Fucking dumbasses.