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Is it hyperbole to say we are teetering on the edge of a dictatorship? (Original Post) orangecrush Jan 2020 OP
Already are a dictatorship. democratisphere Jan 2020 #1
teetering??? NRaleighLiberal Jan 2020 #2
Probably, but closer to it than we have ever been. We'll reverse trend in November, hopefully. Hoyt Jan 2020 #3
Against a rigged election? orangecrush Jan 2020 #4
Not wallowing in "rigged election." We won in 2018, we won in special elections after 2016, Obama Hoyt Jan 2020 #7
+1 crickets Jan 2020 #9
I agree orangecrush Jan 2020 #18
I get the concern. Things have definitely sucked since 2016. Hoyt Jan 2020 #20
November is our only hope. sarcasmo Jan 2020 #5
No. CrispyQ Jan 2020 #6
Not in the slightest. Thomas Hurt Jan 2020 #8
No, and we've been there for awhile. Different Drummer Jan 2020 #10
We're teetering on the edge of the oligarchy we were already in being openly acknowledged. meadowlander Jan 2020 #11
Yeah Calculating Jan 2020 #12
Well this thuggish bdamomma Jan 2020 #13
Yes nt sarisataka Jan 2020 #14
Not complete hyperbole. Jimmy Carter has already called us an oligarchy, which is painful to hear... Hekate Jan 2020 #15
we're teetering on the edge.. stillcool Jan 2020 #16
Nope. Maru Kitteh Jan 2020 #17
Scary times, to be sure. cwydro Jan 2020 #19
no handmade34 Jan 2020 #21
I worry that if he is re-elected, all will be lost. TomSlick Jan 2020 #22
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
7. Not wallowing in "rigged election." We won in 2018, we won in special elections after 2016, Obama
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 03:53 PM
Jan 2020

won in 2008 and 2012, etc.

If we vote, we win.

The "my vote doesn't matter" or "the election is rigged" just discourages people from voting, and kind of makes us look whiny.

CrispyQ

(36,464 posts)
6. No.
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 03:53 PM
Jan 2020

Too many on our side suffer from the American exceptionalism that "it can't happen here." I see it in my friends and family.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
8. Not in the slightest.
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 03:56 PM
Jan 2020

Trump supposedly still has to leave if not re-elected...but I think that sick f**k thinks he should be an American Putin.

Re-elected term after term so he milk the presidency for cash, power and most of all, feed the malignant narcissist's pathology.

Different Drummer

(7,615 posts)
10. No, and we've been there for awhile.
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 04:30 PM
Jan 2020

The only way to completely avoid it is to vote Orange Orifice and his minions out in November.

Calculating

(2,955 posts)
12. Yeah
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 04:41 PM
Jan 2020

I mean, we can still, you know, vote them all out. Unless our power to vote is taken, it's not a dictatorship. What we have is a bunch of corrupt assholes who need to be voted out next election.

bdamomma

(63,849 posts)
13. Well this thuggish
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 04:57 PM
Jan 2020

regime has so much disdain for the American people it's sickening. If tRump bad mouthed his cult members or even better said something like "the American people are stupid I can tell them anything and they believe me" on a live mike.

Would it get enough people pissed off? I can't remember who he called goons and babies.

Would people realize then (not Du'ers) that he is a danger to all of us?

Hekate

(90,690 posts)
15. Not complete hyperbole. Jimmy Carter has already called us an oligarchy, which is painful to hear...
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 05:04 PM
Jan 2020

And Trump has a definite crush in all the planet's dictators.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
16. we're teetering on the edge..
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 05:05 PM
Jan 2020

of something. This has been one hell of a slow-moving train-wreck. I'm exhausted.

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