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I_UndergroundPanther

(12,480 posts)
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 07:42 PM Aug 2020

Is anyone still not thinking

The republicans seem to have almost pulled a bloodless coup over our country. Anyone wondering if this neo liberal coup has been planned and incrementally pushed by republicans for a long time?

Anyone sense they believe in bullshit like the divine right of kings,neo liberalism, eugenics, and any other historically anti humane beliefs and seek to push it on everyone as if it was true?

Anyone think the republican party isn't a fascist rich bully coup wanting to kill democracy ,create neo feudalism and reinstate slavery and unchecked capitalism impose it over America while destroying the Constitution, the bill of rights,and the laws and norms that make America America?

Does anyone wonder if the republicans have been been wanting to get this power grab/coup realized since at least the days of Nixon? Or even before Nixon. That they've been hiding what they really want to be stealthy so it might succeed.

Look at what thier votes, and actions say and have been saying for decades.

How many republicans seem to have by observation have some or all of the traits of dark triad personalities?

How much do you think thier anti democratic fascist beliefs play into why they are trying to do this coup?

Just wondering.

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Is anyone still not thinking (Original Post) I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2020 OP
Their only real problem with Donnie is that he's too obvious and not quite popular enough unblock Aug 2020 #1
I agree I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2020 #2
Yup. Donnie forced their hand unblock Aug 2020 #3

unblock

(52,257 posts)
1. Their only real problem with Donnie is that he's too obvious and not quite popular enough
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 07:58 PM
Aug 2020

Republicans have indeed been slowly moving in thus direction even since Reagan. Shrub/Cheney did it the "right" way by couching their authoritarian crap in the "unitary executive theory" and generally talking about America as a whole even though their policies ignored the majority.

Donnie blew it by blatantly stating that they only cared about rich, white, male republicans and couldn't care less about anyone else. And also blatantly talking like a dictator. They wanted that too, but they wanted to gradually ease into it so it wouldn't trigger massive protests like what we're seeing now.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,480 posts)
2. I agree
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 08:04 PM
Aug 2020

But now that they've been outed I think they are trying to ram it through by cheating the vote ,fucking with the post office,anyway they can..

We have to be vilagent and be ready for whatever comes.

And vote,vote,vote.

After the vote we still might be in for the fight for our lives and our democracy and country.

unblock

(52,257 posts)
3. Yup. Donnie forced their hand
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 08:15 PM
Aug 2020

Cat's now out of the bag. They have no choice but to try to cheat like hell, even if just to avoid losing the senate on top of the White House.

There too, Donnie's too obvious. They wanted to do voter id, felony disenfranchisement, gerrymandering, registration purges, etc. then Donnie comes along and talks about delaying the election, slowing down the mail, getting caught asking country after country for partisan help, etc. nothing they object to, he's just too obvious about it.

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