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In reply to the discussion: I think today's Trump show was very, very intentional to send a message and incite fear. [View all]róisín_dubh
(12,093 posts)12. Not to freak anyone out...
But anyone curious about where this could go should read up on histories of dictatorships in Latin America. Yes, they were military dictatorships and so not exactly comparable.
But there are a ton of parallels. And they are frankly very frightening.
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I think today's Trump show was very, very intentional to send a message and incite fear. [View all]
NCDem47
Apr 2025
OP
What about the gay make-up artist who's been sent down there? Have seen
allegorical oracle
Apr 2025
#18
Or laws are enforced or not depending on the accused. My friends are rewarded, my enemies are imprisoned.
surfered
Apr 2025
#10
Or, read up on Hungary's Orban, Turkey's Erdogan, Russia's Putin. All "elected" and all became "strong men".
SharonAnn
Apr 2025
#53
Free speech is under attack for sure. Ironic since they whined about the same since January 6, 2021
Evolve Dammit
Apr 2025
#14
That was bizarre. We can't do anything about what we both did. Then Miller...
underpants
Apr 2025
#21
The courts are too slow as he's ramping up his authoritarianism. We need to act.
chowder66
Apr 2025
#29
This is his modus operandi. He lies, he cheats he steals. Not qualified to be human!
dai13sy
Apr 2025
#31
I am just hoping that enough Republicans finally have enough and do something to stop him.
totodeinhere
Apr 2025
#42
In 1973 The Gulag Archipelago was published. Americans were appalled at the brutal repression of Soviet tyranny.
Martin Eden
Apr 2025
#49
I think MAGA is in for a rude awakening if they think all the guns are possessed by them.
Crowman2009
Apr 2025
#59