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I don't own a gun and have never wanted. However, I believe things are going to get really bad. The economic gap is going to be on steroids and I have concerns for my safety. Welcome to Distopian America!
dalton99a
(81,455 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)Lots of people starving while Donald and the GOP make "let them eat cake" comments could bring it about.
Forget about it if military personnel don't turn against them as well, though. George Patton happily ordered attacks on WW1 veterans who wanted their promised bonuses during bad economic times.
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)It was Herbert Hoover and Douglas Mac Arthur who ordered the Bonus Army out of DC in 1931 or 1932.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)involved with the troops in the streets.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...though the Depression was surely enough in itself. The American people, to be fair to them, were horrified by the attack. They thought Hoover had lost his mind. Today? Fox "news" would praise it to the skies, and the sheeple would go along. As Orwell said famously: anything--anything at all--can be justified, if you feel that "your" side is benefiting.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)At least if the Republicans ordered it.
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)TrishaJ
(798 posts)situation for the 65 million Trump voters becomes dire... and even then, would they ever accept that it was Trump and the GOP that conned them? I seriously have my doubts.