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Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
no one really has explained why trump is a threat to democracy.
trump is no Pincochet who was a threat to democracy. the democrats have more in common with Pinochet.
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One of the pillars of democracy is fair elections. Our country has always had that throughout our history, 2020 included. Donald Trump has done everything in his power to undermine the faith in our voting system, continually accusing states of widespread fraud that kept him from being reelected, all without one iota of proof. And the idiots in his base follow him.
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Trump’s Threat to Democracy Is Now Systemic
With polls showing that most Republican voters still believe the election was stolen from Trump, that the January 6 riot was legitimate protest, and that Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 results did not violate the law or threaten the constitutional system, the United States faces a stark and unprecedented situation. For the first time in the nation’s modern history,
the dominant faction in one of our two major parties has repeatedly demonstrated its willingness to accept antidemocratic means to advance its interests."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/ar...-jan-6/674895/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/ar...-jan-6/674895/
I personally do not fear Trump for myself. I do fear Trump for what he would do if reelected with no worries about being reelected again, although I think he might try to repeal the 22nd Amendment.