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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Half a century feels optimistic. I get the feeling you'll be lucky to keep most of the Constitution intact. (Except for the 2nd amendment, but then probably only for a certain class of people.)

I genuinely fear for y'all, and for my country as your neighbor. I'm starting to feel suspiciously like an Austrian or Czech person in the 1930s.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Some of us here are scared, honestly. I am not a history buff but I can’t help wondering how similar we look to 1930s Germany.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

the Republican Party checks off almost all of these.

  • powerful and continuing nationalism: MAGA and America First
  • disdain for human rights: the ongoing trans genocide and their support for the Palestinian genocide
  • identification of enemies as an unifying cause: the "woke" fearmongering
  • supremacy of the military: Trump has waffled between praising the military and calling them "losers", so not quite yet
  • rampant sexism: reinforcement of traditional gender roles and the "tradwife" movement
  • controlled mass media: inside their sphere, yeah. Fox News, Newsmax, and OAN breathlessly hang on to every word Republican figures say
  • obsession with national security: bOrdEr WAlL!
  • religion and government intertwined: anti-abortion policies universally have religious justifications for them, plus several Republicans have said (and seem to sincerely believe) that Trump was ordained by Jesus
  • corporate power protected: corporate tax cuts and the withering of regulatory agencies under Republican leadership
  • labor power suppressed: the logical corollary to the above
  • disdain for intellectuals and the arts: distrust of experts and scientific endeavors
  • obsession with crime and punishment: running on being "hard on crime"
  • rampant cronyism and corruption: Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito's undeclared trips from Republican donors are likely just the tip of the iceberg
  • fraudulent elections: not yet, and hopefully never 🤞
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