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JohnSJ

(98,102 posts)
29. I hope you are right Ellen, but a more probable scenario is that our democracy will be gone. The sociopath is getting
Wed Feb 19, 2025, 08:31 AM
Feb 19

rid of all the checks and balances in the system, and filling them with his army of fascists.

Too many people in the U.S. have discounted the damage that is being done. Wall Street sure has. In contrast the European neighbors are taking it very seriously. Their history demonstrated what unchecked power can do.

Personally I think there is a good chance that we are Italy and Germany in the 30's, and unless the courts can stop what is happening, or some black swan event removes him from office, I think it is over.

Too many people believe it can't happen here. They thought the same thing prior to January 6th, where people were discounting that there would be an actual insurrection against our government.

The book, The plot to seize the White House documents how FDR came very close to being removed from office by powerful forces in out country, and if it wasn't for a Marine General who exposed it, it would have happened.

https://ia601600.us.archive.org/11/items/ArcherJulesThePlotToSeizeTheWhiteHouse1973/Archer%2C%20Jules%20-%20The%20Plot%20to%20Seize%20the%20White%20House%20%281973%29.pdf

The fact that in spite of what happened on January 6, the deaths of a million Americans from the mishandling of a pandemic, the country still voted him back in the WH, and that does not bode well.

History is repeating itself, and not in a good way.

January 6th failed only because there were people in his administration, congress, and the military who put the brakes on it. That is no longer the case. The republicans in congress are fully on board with this now, and the people he has appointed from the military to the FBI, are part of the cult.

We are in deep yogurt, and too many people don't believe it.








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I wish I could believe that. mucifer Feb 18 #1
Don't believe or not believe. Make it so. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 18 #5
Better: less than two years, at least a month less. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 18 #2
They know how to steal an election Beachnutt Feb 18 #3
You're correct Bnutt chicoescuela Feb 18 #8
We know they are fools. I don't give a damn whether or not they are worried. elleng Feb 18 #9
Exactly yellow dahlia Feb 18 #11
They are terrified of the midterms Mountainguy Feb 18 #16
They intend for their work to be done long before then. elocs Feb 19 #22
The shit they're pulling... TommyT139 Feb 18 #4
Even if true Meowmee Feb 18 #6
Agreed yellow dahlia Feb 18 #12
Just how do people put a stop to it "immediately"? elocs Feb 19 #23
No need to rehash why we are here, it's pretty obvious... Meowmee Feb 19 #25
Having been here for many years, people often rehash things all the time, elocs Feb 19 #31
I truly appreciate your optimism Earl_from_PA Feb 18 #7
I'll be satisfied if dems, independs, even repugs recognize WHO caused elleng Feb 18 #10
Not in places where they control who can vote and how... Which is an awful lot. RockRaven Feb 18 #13
Yes, because how will people who have lost everything elocs Feb 19 #24
I don't see how the Dems edhopper Feb 18 #14
That kind of attitude makes a sure thing more difficult. elleng Feb 18 #15
Did you predict that Harris was going to win the election? Prairie Gates Feb 18 #17
assuming we even have an election.... Takket Feb 18 #18
The biggest obstacle is that he is putting his fascist army in charge of everything. I cannot understand why so many JohnSJ Feb 19 #30
House 50/50 odds... Senate 1% WarGamer Feb 19 #19
That's still a long way. Xolodno Feb 19 #20
IF there are midterm elections. elocs Feb 19 #21
Only if HarryM Feb 19 #26
Only we collectively rise up, protest, opine, and let our voices be heard. no_hypocrisy Feb 19 #27
but so will America... samnsara Feb 19 #28
I hope you are right Ellen, but a more probable scenario is that our democracy will be gone. The sociopath is getting JohnSJ Feb 19 #29
Assuming we still have elections. Vinca Feb 19 #32
Maybe. Depending on what happens with gerrymandering and voter suppression. Oopsie Daisy Feb 19 #33
You think these evil pukes are going to allow fair elections. I don't think so. If they do they know they will be gone. ratchiweenie Feb 19 #34
In two years, we'll be a suburb of Greater Moscow. C_U_L8R Feb 19 #35
There is no guarantee of that. Voltaire2 Feb 19 #36
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