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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTo each their own, but one thing is a near certainty.
If we do not take back one house of the congress, our very democracy could well be so injured as to be nearly gone.
I don't want to live in a country like Turkey under Recep Erdoğan or Russia under Vladimir Putin. But those are EXACTLY the models for how OGB (Orange Gas Bag) wants to shape the USA.
How you help is really up to you . . . . up to your ability to help actively or with some level of moral or financial support, or any combination of the above. Not all of us can do this or that. But we can ALL do SOMETHING.
Now is the time.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I dont know how much worse it needs to get to induce people to do something about it.
Maybe theyll get if when theyre being carted off to the camps.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)I belong to 2 minority groups and I'm very scared to continue living in this country.
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)Im a white person. I will go to any sporting event and kneel alongside other members of DU. How many DU members can we get??
DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)spicysista
(1,663 posts)There's much to do. "But we can ALL do SOMETHING".......exactly.
BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)Five thirty eight had an article about what could happen if such an outcome really occurs.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-happens-if-republicans-keep-control-of-the-house-and-senate/
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)bc we can't wait for Nov. RESPECTFULLY.
You 'one note charlies' better understand we are in bizarre times. computer commenting isn't enough imho. If you don't want to live like Turkey, don't wait too long to feel the gravity.
rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)We simply must. This old mule will do (and has been doing) all that she can. Together we shall win.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)If the Democrats don't take back the House the Republic as we know it is finished
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)Not now. Not in the times being foisted upon us.
bdtrppr6
(796 posts)I'll be looking to move my family elsewhere. we'll be completely doomed as a free society(as free as it actually is anyhow). i won't be able to deal with the fact that no one will get off their ass to simply vote and pay attention and that MAGAts/GOP have complete control.
DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)If the US slides into autocracy, its going to have effects everywhere.
Youre not going to be able to run and hide.
Stand and fight here.