He is a fascist, pedophile, rapist, 34 time felon, wanna-be dictator
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He is a fascist, pedophile, rapist, 34 time felon, wanna-be dictator
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Not technically but that hasn’t stopped him from trying.
"I'm not a Dictator I just dictate what must be done by 1000000 executive orders, legality be damned."
He'll keep tippy toeing towards it while everyone just lets him ... then he'll get right up the edge of becoming one and then die an old senile man
Then his replacement, whoever it will be .... will be the Dictator
I'm not worried about Cheeto Mussolini .... I'm worried about who will come next
Nice job America ... we could always count you guys to be idiots.
there’s two things that EVERYONE should be able to recognize about Trump, but really just boils down to one simple fact : he always says the opposite of what is true.
when he says “nobody knows more about this than me,” what he REALKY means is “i am completely clueless about this subject”
when he says “never heard of it,” he is VERY involved.
The moment he threw out due process it became the case. People taken and renditioned to a foreign gulag based only on his command. Due process determine the legal and thus societal truth of the matter and if there is any legal reason to interfere with someones freedoms by government action. Once its out all our freedoms are gone.
He isn't yet but he really wants to be. At the moment what's left of the US government is still holding him back some, not everyone is willing to go along with his complete disregard for the law. The real turning point will come down to the next election and whether he's managed to rip out enough democracy and replace it with a sham to guarantee his "win" or not. The biggest roadblock towards that is unfortunately the Supreme Court a body that has already been almost entirely corrupted thanks to decades of work by previous Republican presidents.
So yes, he isn't a dictator yet, but it's not looking like there's anything stopping him from getting there eventually.
He's absolutely NOT a dictator. He's absolutely an authoritarian who wants to be a dictator though. But I feel like we hyper-focus on the "totalitarian dictator" too much without acknowledging that there are plenty of ways to achieve dictator-like powers without the title. Putin is technically elected for example. But he wields near absolute control.
Given that like 98% of what has been happening since January 20 is a consequence of unilateral executive orders, I'd have to say that I disagree.
He's literally been dictating what he wants to happen (and then it happens). I'm not sure what else you could call it...
You're not disagreeing.
He’s absolutely NOT a dictator.
This is what I was disagreeing with. He is, de facto, a dictator right now.
But he isn't. He still has some checks. There are still laws that you can argue he is violating. He literally has to work around institutions to do what he wants to do. A pure dictator does not have anything in their path. It's important to remember that there is still resistance.
But they simply ignore the court orders, and nothing is done. No one is punished, nothing change, no one is held accountable. Sounds like he can do whatever he wants, which he has. He fired all the people at the institutions that didn't agree with his regime's plan. So not much resistance to be had.
He absolutely is a dictator, undermining the democratic process, and disregarding the laws that are democratically decided.
He is behaving like a dictator, and way way overstepping the bounds of the office he was elected for. That makes him de facto a dictator despite he was originally elected.
Putin too is clearly a dictator, he imprison and kill the opposition, and the media and campaigns are rigged to his advantage, and finally elections are rigged to ensure his victory.
So no technically Putin is not elected, because the elections are staged and fake just to appear legitimate to the population, when obviously they are not.
To NOT be a dictator, the first requirement is that you are instated by an actual lawful democratic process.
Isn't the definition of an autocracy, a system where laws are used for leaders to control the people instead of people using laws to control the leaders?
He dosent know or care. He just runs things how he’s use to running his own life, rights be damned. This is what you get from someone with no political experience. 0 respect towards others, the country or the constitution.
This dude dreams of being Hitler 2; he's certainly acting like he already owns the place.
And surprisingly, the GOP is dead silent about the dictator and all his anti-GOP decisions.
I remember when i was a conservative, this shit would not fly. The minute the orange man even mentioned sending out national guard, the forums, facebook, NRA page, EVERYTHING would have blown up if this was 15 years ago.
But since they have a false sense of power now and the people they don't like are being targeted, they are fine with all of it. It really proves that the GOP doesn't have any plans to make the country better, only revenge and enriching the wealthy.
I hope one day the GOP voter base realizes they are being fooled and lied to, but most of them can't open their mind enough to accept it. It took me decades to realize the error in my ways, but many refuse to change.
I'm paraphrasing Zizek, but he said "the left needs a leader that controls executive power" and he's right. There's a difference between a benevolent dictator and a tyrant. Trump is a tyrant, in which he yields his power to prosecute and persecute. A benevolent dictator uses their power as a force for good, think FDR and whatnot.
But a benevolent dictator can still do considerable harm. Not necessarily out of malice, but as an unintended consequence of poor decision making. So a dictator doesn't just need to be benevolent, they also need to be capable, competent, intelligent, informed, empathetic, and humble enough to listen to people who know more than them and to admit when they're wrong so they can course correct.
Unfortunately the "heavenly mandate" is just made up by power-hungry narcissists who are searching for an excuse for their corruption and incompetence. Democracy always leads to better long-term policy outcomes than dictatorships.
No. No benevolent dictator. Also FDR as dictator is quite a stretch.
Nah, he isn’t. He’s just cosplaying, but US citizens are encouraging it and playing along. The “resistance” is already very satisfied with their cute “protests.”
When the entire population is complicit, he might as well be.
Canada, eh? Sure a lot of news about it gets to you.
We're just as pissed as you but nobody is going balls out when they can and have just bombed neighborhoods.
Its going to be simple sabotage and slow burn, the fascists already hold office.
Let me say it louder.
COWARDS.
You value your comfort and your relative stability over your country and the lives of the least among you.
If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler's bidding.
A divided, unorganized Left cannot possibly hope to win against the fascist party and large militarized institutions corrupted by fascism, the Left needs to organize first.
You're always 10 years behind us politically. I'll see you 'round the bend.
You, when your neighbor tells you to stop fucking around and put out your house fire: “go fuck yourself, this shit will be spreading to your place soon enough.”
“It’s going to be bad for you soon because we consistently lack the will and courage to fix our country” isn’t the flex you think it is.
That's not how I read this exchange.
The only person here who is being insulting is you.
Its going to be simple sabotage and slow burn, the fascists already hold office.
So slow it's nearly indistinguishable from no burn at all.
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