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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Trump seems to be working on LBJ logic. Him or (more than likely) one of his advisors know they have limited time before the masses rise up, so they are doing everything they can to screw us up before then.
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."But yes, education is going to be vital moving forward. Especially now that they're pushing the narrative that the only facts are made-up nonsense that conforms with their worldview.
It seems to me like President Donald Trump is the result of a perfect storm of American political failings. Pretty much all the things about the US political process that could have gone wrong did.
I think that being in the government would give a good purpose to my life (not as a part of the Trump apparatus, no way in hell would I ever associate with people like him) but given who I am I'm probably not suited for that sort of thing. At least, I think me being elected President would be America making a terrible mistake
you have more self awareness than him, surprise.
God, I just wanna wake up from this dystopian nightmare. World Gone Mad, indeed.
I never wanted in this thread, but this is important.
It's offical, four journalists have felony charges after covering the inauguration.
Democracy just died.
From the Guardian article:
edited 24th Jan '17 10:28:45 PM by Pseudopartition
Yeah, it seems like a case of Hanlon's Razor: stupidity instead of malice on the part of the authorities. Still pretty unnerving.
Disgusted, but not surprisedI heard about a lot of male politicians who made sexist and misogynistic comments about the Women's March. How do men like that even have wives?
I wonder what these politicians think about the men that attended the Women's March. Probably summed up by a bunch of homophobic slurs. But these politicians are more intimidated by the women... and there are going to be more protests where that come from.
Do not obey in advance.On the wall, what's to stop Trump ordering the military to build it?
As for the idea of Trump having the military gun down people in the street, around half supported him during the election. That number is likely to have changed already and will tank once he starts ordering them to shoot unarmed civilians, sends them off to die in a desert somewhere and/or cuts the VA so that he can have a shinny parade.
Plus even that half number ignores the flip side, if half support him than half don't.
The biggest worry is if th nuclear chain of command supports him enough to drop a nuclear weapon on American soil, I suspect that Trump is crazy enough to order an American city nuked if it defies him.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Even the GOP would scream bloody murder (Let alone the rest of the world) and impeach his ass almost immediately. Not to mention several Red states would most likely get caught in the aftermath, and the police and military won't appreciate their buddies stationed in wherever he is nuking being killed...
edited 25th Jan '17 12:40:46 AM by Bat178

Guess where Trump got that "send the feds to Chicago" idea? Time's up it's fucking Fox.
He's popular with the base - and he always will be - because they finally have a president who's dumb enough to drink the kool-aid himself.