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OneBlueSky

(18,536 posts) Wed Oct 14, 2020, 05:44 PM Oct 2020

Last Exit From Autocracy

America survived one Trump term. It wouldn’t survive a second.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/last-exit-trump-autocracy/616466/

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Last Exit From Autocracy (Original Post) OneBlueSky Oct 2020 OP

It ain't over till the Fat Man is dragged away. BKDem Oct 2020 #1

This weeks hearings are making me very depressed and causing me to lose hope BlueNProud Oct 2020 #2

Excellent article if..fish..had..wings Oct 2020 #3

BKDem

(1,733 posts)

1. It ain't over till the Fat Man is dragged away.

Reply to OneBlueSky (Original post)

Wed Oct 14, 2020, 05:52 PM

Oct 2020

BlueNProud

(1,048 posts)

2. This weeks hearings are making me very depressed and causing me to lose hope

Reply to OneBlueSky (Original post)

Wed Oct 14, 2020, 05:59 PM

Oct 2020

I fucking hate them so much and they always get what they want. I wish I didn't care.

if..fish..had..wings

(663 posts)

3. Excellent article

Reply to OneBlueSky (Original post)

Wed Oct 14, 2020, 07:15 PM

Oct 2020

From the article:

It’s a trick of authoritarian populists like Trump to proclaim themselves leaders of “the people,” even as large majorities of the electorate reject them. The authoritarian populist defines “the people” to exclude anyone who thinks differently. Only his followers count as legitimate citizens.

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