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      Voting, civil, easiest.

      Peaceful shutdown, lose things, harder.

      Civil war, lose life, hardest of all.

      They’re gonna go the Churchill route though aren’t they?

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        All I’m saying is that nobody is going to leak anything to the WaPo right now unless the administration wants it leaked. They may not be State-owned, but they are certainly State-pwned.

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    What an absolute piece of shit that lawyer is… Fights against any investigation into whether Trump colluded with Russia for 2016, but now says that they think China helped the Democrats in 2020 so that means Trump gets to be dictator.

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      He’s going to end up like the dude in South Korea.

      Haha. Americans have no morals or ethics. They re elected Trump despite his illegal coup attempt.

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        I mean, he barely won, I wouldn’t call that a landslide election. And Americans have been standing up left right and center all while still working our jobs and raising our kids… I’d call that pretty badass and I am still proud of us despite our shortcomings

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      Trump is going to die drinking matinis in Mar a Lago, with his only regret being he didn’t hurt more people.

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        Lightning rarely strikes twice and even John Gotti eventually went down. Whether he faces the consequences he DESERVES that’s another story even prison is too nice for that piece of shit… Keep in mind too, Trump CLEARLY has a severe personality disorder, I doubt he has been happy a single day in his life because ppl like that aren’t capable of feeling happiness or love so, either way, he will die a very unhappy man, that I can guarantee you. Only question is whether we, the people he has harmed, get the justice we deserve. We shall see.

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      He loses

      Historically, totalitarian groups - Fascist, Communist, pretty much all *ists - have been peopled primarily by losers and grifters.

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        Indeed, and losing plus being unable to accept that you are a loser is what seems to drive them. I have no doubt he would fully enjoy dictatorship if he were able to successfully obtain it but let’s be real, there are plenty of stories of leaders who want to be dictators and who try and fail. Napoleon is a great example. Although I guess it depends what you consider failure at fascism… Is there a set amount of time one has to control a nation? Personally I would say success is gaining power over a nation and remaining in power until you die and then successfully passing rule to your designated heir. That would mean Napoleon, Hitler, Saddam… all failures. Successful dictators? The Kim family. Stalin. Castro. Tons and tons of others, not going for an exhaustive list here. Another measure of success I suppose is how much harm does the dictator cause while in power? By that measure, Hitler would be a dictator and Trump I guess would be too. I think it all comes down to how can we mitigate the damage while he’s here, get him out as quickly as possible and then endure his ideology does not persist after he’s gone. We’re not doing so great on the first two but I am pretty confident the third will be easy because he is self-destructing spectacularly right now.

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    I’d prefer to link to the wapo directly. Although it’s owned by Bezos, it’s still a more reliable source than rawstory.

    However, WAPO has put a PAYWALL on a critical story like this. Wheels within wheels.