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The only thing standing between democracy and dictatorship in America
Alternet ^ | Feb 6, 2025 | Thom Hartmann

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 ...


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OMG I voted for Hitler and Satan rolled into 1.

Think Thom's head is exploding about now.

1 posted on 02/06/2025 5:41:34 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Thom is one of Alternets’ crazy alter boys.


2 posted on 02/06/2025 5:43:32 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Don't forget to celebrate "A Day Without Guac and Panther Pee" today! )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

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.


3 posted on 02/06/2025 5:47:20 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Investing the announced opposition candidate is also a feature of dictatorships, and your side already did it in four separate jurisdictions.


4 posted on 02/06/2025 5:48:26 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“his coup attempt”

Still?
Really?

So pookin boring and played out.
Dude’s Open Mind musta got TriPened.


5 posted on 02/06/2025 5:48:58 PM PST by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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The only thing standing between democracy and dictatorship in America

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!!!!

6 posted on 02/06/2025 5:49:09 PM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

... is the US Constitution which President Trump is working to restore after the Democrats destroyed it for the last 100 years.


7 posted on 02/06/2025 5:50:00 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“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.


8 posted on 02/06/2025 5:50:06 PM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Appointing Kamala the Dem nominee for Pres without a single vote was certainly democracy and in no way a dictatorship.


9 posted on 02/06/2025 5:50:50 PM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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No, this is how unelected bureaucracies have their power smashed and are they put in their proper place.
10 posted on 02/06/2025 5:53:55 PM PST by yuleeyahoo (“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” - the deep-state)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“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.


11 posted on 02/06/2025 5:54:12 PM PST by princeofdarkness
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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.


12 posted on 02/06/2025 5:56:22 PM PST by HollyB
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Yes, because every dictator in history shrinks the size and power of the central government and cuts regulations. /s


13 posted on 02/06/2025 5:57:55 PM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.")
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‘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.


14 posted on 02/06/2025 5:58:07 PM PST by ChessExpert (The Democratic party must be destroyed.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Yeah, it would be great if Thom got a visit from those fun guys at the new Department of Thuggee...


15 posted on 02/06/2025 5:58:43 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

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.


16 posted on 02/06/2025 6:00:04 PM PST by dforest
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

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.


17 posted on 02/06/2025 6:09:54 PM PST by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Schmuckie Schumer?

AOC?

Hawk-him?

Pelousi?


18 posted on 02/06/2025 6:13:10 PM PST by Paladin2 (INDEED)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

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.


19 posted on 02/06/2025 6:13:31 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((the more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.) )
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To: mikey_hates_everything

mikey_hates_everything wrote:


Appointing Kamala the Dem nominee for Pres without a single vote was certainly democracy and in no way a dictatorship.

I think you got “democracy” and “dictatorship” swapped.


20 posted on 02/06/2025 6:15:10 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((the more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.) )
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