• whofearsthenight@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You know, if you skip that first sentence in my comment, what country would you think I was talking about?

    Fascism happens slowly, and then all at once. Please, I beg of you, read a book.

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          1 year ago

          uhhh ill trust my marine little brother about the flavor profile of the best wax writing tools. You just might not have the right box of crayons.

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      1 year ago

      Oh no you must be smarter than me by telling me to read a book…

      If Trump does win again democracy will not fall under him, this is the type of shit people who are terminally online/terminally on Twitter say.

      Lets check back here if he happens to get elected and if you are right I’ll apologize for not seeing it coming and if it’s just another 4 years of a moron running the country but democracy is still a thing you can apologize, I don’t bet much but if money was involved I’d bet I’m right

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        1 year ago

        I bet you were the the type that said that we didn’t need to worry about Roe when Trump was campaigning the first time around.

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          I bet you I never said that and I didn’t give a fuck about Trump because I’m not American, I just find all the shit swirling around him makes people lose their shit and say idiotic things like democracy will die if he’s elected again, it didn’t die the first time and last I checked he’s got 3 or 4 indictments going at the moment, plus now there is a different old idiot running things there is there not?

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              1 year ago

              Keep on being right and making all those assumptions and future predictions, you seem to be a political mastermind

              I concede to your prodigious intellect, thanks to comment sections on the internet we have probably increased the amount of experts on the planet ten fold, congrats on being one of them

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            1 year ago

            I mean, they had a reasonable shot at overturning the election. Just a few people did the right thing to stop it, but it could have been bad. Also, the indictments don’t mean shit if he’s reelected. What do you think happens to this country if he’s found guilty and then pardons himself?

            The different “old idiot” isn’t a fascist. You got any other bullshit we can deal with to make it clear trump is a serious threat?

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              1 year ago

              I’ll reply to you but this also applies to the other idiots, I think trump is a clown, the post I replied to was saying that person was being hyperbolic about democracy being lost if he’s elected, that’s not praise for Trump that’s me calling out that person for saying shit that’s gonna happen in the future like they magically know it’s absolutely going to happen because they hate Trump

              I also never said anywhere the other old idiot was a fascist, just that he’s another old idiot

              So it’s clear to you Trump is a moron, Biden also a moron, it’s 2 steaming piles of shit one is just less stinky (Biden)

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                What is clear is that you are lumping Trump and Biden in the same category. That does read in your earlier comments as if you think they are the same in all ways. No, neither are really that great, but one is substantially better than the other.

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                  1 year ago

                  Ya that’s true I do lump them in the same category all politicians are scumbags but you are right Trump is ultra shit compared to Biden

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              Absolute genius we have here… can’t use basic reasoning skills unless I live in that country…

              This is the dumbest thing I’ve read in months

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                Basic reasoning is no replacement for, you know, living and being immersed in the shitshow. Also, basic reasoning should allow you to recognize the danger of allowing someone that disregards democratic principles to sit at the same table as those that respect and uphold the constitution.

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        Many never read a book again after high school. Another round never read a book again after college. For those that read or even consume history documentaries will understand Fascism came to power in various countries through their democracies and then they were dismantled after the fact. Many imagine it was pew pew pew early on that occurs. In some cases yes.

        Of the many cases last century, there was this one “stupid little corporal” the ruling elite thought they could use and opened the door for him early on. However he legally came to power as far as the system was concerned. The ruling Elite thought they would dispose of him once he served their needs.

        Eventually he disposed of this elite that didn’t take him seriously, then it was on to the rest of the world to think he was a farcical nut with a God complex they could ignore.

        Then it became there isn’t any use in calling him a nut, because he is a power and we have to recognize that as the Europe then the world descended further into another round of darkness.

        This is not the only example of where those that know no bounds push and topple these systems that were constructed by “gentlemen” of a older time expecting honor and proper decorum to still be a part of the checks and balances. The little German above along with the Italian and Japanese ones did not push their systems legally early on as much as we see in the US today.

        Today honor and decorum left the scene long ago so it will be interesting if sleepy and hair sniffing Joe loses to the business fraud, tax evading, alleged rapist, and coup inspiring white supremacist con man where things will go next time around. At the very least environmental safe guards and agencies will be the first to go. The rest will be much more interesting…

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        There’s no reasoning with these guys. You immediately get thrown out and called names over names. The slight issue here, I’m a third party and don’t even support neither of these, yet only a certain side calls me names and accuses me of shit.

        I can see how and why Trump is set to win this election. Good luck to you guys with four more years with the guy.