Posted on 02/06/2025 5:41:34 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
Trump wants FBI agents who investigated his coup attempt, his facilitating espionage, or his other financial and criminal activities fired.
Let’s be very clear: this is how dictatorships start.
A guy who wants to be a dictator always begins by changing how the government works. Even though the majority of the nation had agreed previously that the government should do certain things in certain ways, he reassures everybody he’s got a better way and it’ll all work out.....
In the process, he breaks a bunch of laws, but people mostly shrug because they don’t directly affect them. Pastor Niemöller wrote about this in 1930s Germany; to paraphrase: First they came for the government workers…
He will realign our democratic country away from democratic allies and toward countries run by dictators like he aspires to become....
He will remake our criminal justice system so it becomes more violent and brutal, opening prisons for “the worst of the worst“ in places beyond the reach of law, like Auschwitz in Poland or Guantánamo in Cuba....
He will proclaim grand plans and spectacular efforts, like the Autobahn or remaking Gaza, Greenland, and Panama. They will distract the public from the relentless, grinding destruction of the guardrails of government itself.....
Elon Musk and Donald Trump seem to think they can pull this off in a matter of weeks, and so far — because of the cowardice of Republican legislators and the disorganization and lack of leadership among Democrats — they may be right.
Unless we all stand up and speak out now.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Think Thom's head is exploding about now.
Thom is one of Alternets’ crazy alter boys.
Thom does a great job of describing past Democratic and the Bush regimes. (Reagan was the second-coming of Hitler, too, if you’ll recall.) I don’t know what his beef with President Trump is.
Investing the announced opposition candidate is also a feature of dictatorships, and your side already did it in four separate jurisdictions.
“his coup attempt”
Still?
Really?
So pookin boring and played out.
Dude’s Open Mind musta got TriPened.
Certainty not the Leftist totalitarian gov't Biden, Obama, and the Left have created.
And OBTW, America is a REPUBLIC, NOT a "democracy."
The key to restoring America's Free Constitutional Republic is...
REINSTATING THE CONSTITUTION AS THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND!!!!
... is the US Constitution which President Trump is working to restore after the Democrats destroyed it for the last 100 years.
“A guy who wants to be a dictator always begins by changing how the government works.”
For example, he might start to “fundamentally transform” the country.
Appointing Kamala the Dem nominee for Pres without a single vote was certainly democracy and in no way a dictatorship.
“This moment proves that the preservation of democracy requires constant attention and a collective commitment to uphold the integrity of its institutions.”
Thom is just itching for people to take to the streets to “save our democracy” or else Trump the meanie will set up a perpetual dictatorship. I don’t think he’s going to like the ending.
I don’t recall dictators / fascists wanting small and less powerful governments.
The size of govt and its power is being reduced. Not for Trump, but so the citizens have a fair chance to not be controlled by the structures of government. So, when he’s gone, we have a chance. Because it was a runaway train. We knew it was bad, but over the last 2 weeks, we’ve come to understand we never stood a chance with the way things were. It really was now or never.
Fascism is what is being discriminated. And those on the inside benefiting are not ok with losing their power, influence, money etc. they called the shots and had an entire mechanism to protect them or destroy others. No more.
Yes, because every dictator in history shrinks the size and power of the central government and cuts regulations. /s
‘Oh no! I voted for Hitler, who is Satan’s puppet! I regret my vote now. I was so stupid. I admit my error. You were right all along.’ That’s what liberals long to hear. They live in the Twilight zone, a wondrous land of imagination.
I thank God that Donald Trump was elected not once, but three times. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. From my heart to you, thank you.
Yeah, it would be great if Thom got a visit from those fun guys at the new Department of Thuggee...
Oh dang, I thought this would be about Obama. Remember he was the one everyone was waiting for.
Then I thought it was about Biden who was going to build it all back better.
So I now know the person who wrote this is just another cheesy leftist with no self awareness.
He will realign our democratic country >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Thom Hartmann must be completely divorced from reality.
We did not have a democratic county until Trump realigned it.
Schmuckie Schumer?
AOC?
Hawk-him?
Pelousi?
Thom Hartmann is a progressive/far leftist/communist egghead.
He’s on the Pacifica radio network (example: KPFK 90.7 in L.A.) spouting his nonsense.
mikey_hates_everything wrote:
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Appointing Kamala the Dem nominee for Pres without a single vote was certainly democracy and in no way a dictatorship.
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I think you got “democracy” and “dictatorship” swapped.
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