• xenomor@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    123
    ·
    1 year ago

    Let’s let him be president for life, as long as that life is less than four more years. Anything beyond that has a “second amendment solution”, as I’ve heard countless Republicans describe.

    • psmgx@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      25
      ·
      1 year ago

      as I’ve heard countless Republicans describe

      99% of whom are fucking chicken hawks.

      The only ones who put their money where their mouths are got arrested for occupying BLM land in Oregon, or later, Congress.

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    94
    ·
    1 year ago

    I mean, it’s pretty obvious to anyone paying attention.

    He wants to be America’s Putin

  • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    86
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Was it not already clear last time when he encouraged his followers to launch an insurrection when he lost?! How much fucking warning do you need?

  • unalivejoy@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    42
    ·
    1 year ago

    Give a man a fire, he’ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.

    • GraniteM@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      “I declare myself President for life!”

      “So you’re saying there’s exactly one very particular way for us to make you not be President anymore…?”

      “Uh…”

    • Pennomi@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      57
      ·
      1 year ago

      I don’t think so. Dying of natural causes signals to Republicans that they just need to try again but with a younger fascist.

      Dying from, say, a guillotine sends a different signal.

    • Ex Nummis@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      17
      ·
      1 year ago

      We can certainly hope, but evil people have a way of clinging to life in ways that seem almost unnatural. Dick Cheney is still alive for god’s sake.

    • Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      1 year ago

      Vance is the dangerous one. Trumps only purpose was to get Vance onto the throne. Peter Thiel will likely have him whacked and blame it on the radical left so Vance can use martial law to further dismantle Americas democratic institutions.

      • Chris@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        Peter Thiel likes money, i still find it hard to believe billionaires are ride or die like the Nazis.

        • Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          He’s still part of a weird Catholic sect. The Nazis think they are manipulating the fundamentalists to do their bidding, but really it’s the other way round. Just wait and see.

    • Empricorn@feddit.nl
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      18
      ·
      1 year ago

      I hope you’re right, but we can’t even get our fellow citizens to vote against fascism. Now some are expecting these same people to protest, engage in economic boycotts, risk their livelihoods by staying home from their jobs, and more!?

      • Xanza@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        14
        ·
        1 year ago

        His own guys tried to shoot him already. Twice. If he tries to outright break the constitution? Won’t take long.

  • meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    19
    ·
    1 year ago

    When ‘jokes’ align with actions, they stop being jokes—this is a blueprint for authoritarianism. Well-supported claims and critical analysis.

    🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱

  • Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    17
    ·
    1 year ago

    Realistically, his life probably won’t last until the end of his term. It’s vance’s theocratic dictatorship you need to watch out for.