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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 05:36 PM Feb 2020

You know who else took control of the justice system? [View all]

Fuckers voted him in too, and their government voted for him to take extraordinary power away from all branches of the administration writ large. He didn’t need the army to take control, once the justice system is corrupted everything is possible. Then comes the military to knock down the doors of those who are fighting against a system of justice that is no longer just, because they work for the head of state after all.

Right now Trump does not need the army, he has exactly what he needs to force the authoritarian boundaries as much as wants, after all he has a senate majority that are just standing there and letting him destroy law and order, no push-back at all. It would not surprise me in the slightest if they decided to vote through a suspension of the election, cause…. something or other.

As Margaret Atwood wrote in the Handmaids Tale: “That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put your finger on.”

It is almost like they are reading a how-to manual, or at the very least, someone is showing Trump 1930’s European history in a picture book.

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Well, he is German. geardaddy Feb 2020 #1
I am in favor handmade34 Feb 2020 #2
I believe mountain grammy Feb 2020 #17
Honestly, if our Republic cannot be saved peacefully, I'll be right next to you. CaptainTruth Feb 2020 #24
I believe waiting handmade34 Feb 2020 #25
Me too onecaliberal Feb 2020 #26
Fascists here would use SWAT teams, not the army, to keep a facade of legality. n/t MarcA Feb 2020 #3
Like ICE? nt pazzyanne Feb 2020 #21
Look to Putin jayschool2013 Feb 2020 #4
Recall that Putin was the head of the KGB and knows PsyOps OMGWTF Feb 2020 #8
He was never the head of the KGB. essme Feb 2020 #15
Putin was in East Berlin when The Wall came down. czarjak Feb 2020 #20
+1 2naSalit Feb 2020 #10
They just watched the Handmaid's Tale. Blueprint. nt live love laugh Feb 2020 #5
I want consequences for the cowards in the Senate. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #6
And particularly for notinkansas Feb 2020 #9
Orwell's "1984" was written as a warning but these fkers are using it as a handbook. OMGWTF Feb 2020 #7
His ex-wife said he kept a copy of Hitler's writings for nighty night reading. Surprised? Evolve Dammit Feb 2020 #11
I'm surprised that he actually read anything! IggleDuer Feb 2020 #16
I have no concern at all. The Gun Owners Of America and the NRA with the help of all the Militia flamin lib Feb 2020 #12
ironic, isn't it handmade34 Feb 2020 #22
I like this line.... BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #13
Exactly! mountain grammy Feb 2020 #19
apathy for some handmade34 Feb 2020 #23
ICE will be his Brown Shirts ashredux Feb 2020 #14
I'm waiting for a People's March Joinfortmill Feb 2020 #18
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