What can happen when a country elects someone who attempted a coup:

[tblue37]

AFAIK, in 200 years, only 3 times did a country elect someone who had attempted a coup:

- Louis Napoleon (France, 1848)
- Adolf Hitler (Germany, 1933)
- Hugo Chavez (Venezuela, 1998)

Each one became dictator. I think we will be the first exception, but it's not something you screw around with.

— tripsnek (@tripsnek.com) 2026-01-06T21:54:19.051Z

[spanone]

1. K&R

[Bayard]

2. Depressing, isn't it?

[wiggs]

3. Agree. And the coup and Jan 6 still going on, gaining momentum...finding new vulnerabilities, grift opporunities,

and greater inequality.

We don't know where this ends up.

[erronis]

4. Aaron Rupar's initial response was perfect: "... probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made."

The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made

[hadEnuf]

5. Fox news and Elon Musk helped out greatly.

I doubt the bastard was even legitimately elected.

[BoycottTwitter]

6. We have no choice! We will make it the first exception!

According to https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/fact-sheet/party-affiliation-fact-sheet-npors/ 45% of all Americans lean towards or are Democrats. America's population is 342 million. That's 157.3 million Democrats. In addition there's an 8% who answered "no lean" meaning they are not leaning towards Republicans. So over half of all Americans 53% don't lean towards Republican according to the survey. If our country falls and turns into a dictatorship where will we all go? A lot of us are too poor to move.

Fighting is our only option. We must do it! I personally have family in red states who cannot afford to leave. So I fight for them everyday and I hope you will too.

[chowder66]

7. Do we rise up and fucking fight before it goes any further or do we slow simmer until we are cooked?

[liberalla]

8. " a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made"

probably the -----> DUMBEST COLLECTIVE VOTING DECISION EVER MADE!


understatement of the century!

[SocialDemocrat61]

9. To be historically accurate

Hitler was never elected. He was appointed Chancellor by President Hindenburg.