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Cyrano

(15,097 posts)
Fri May 3, 2024, 04:46 PM May 3

Trumpism is a plague that could destroy us all.

Every fascist leader in human history had the same desire/dream/sickness. They wanted to own the entire world.

Fortunately, none of them had the power to do so. But now, nuclear weaponry has made it a possibility.

So why don't current authoritarian world leaders use them? Because it will also end them.

Having said this, does anyone think that Donald Trump believes he can use nuclear weaponry to destroy all his enemies, yet survive his position as "Dear Leader?" Yeah, it's likely he does. He's not wrapped to tight, and he's one of the most ignorant human beings imaginable.

So, all you MAGA's, and all you wealthy enablers of a president you think you own and can control, go ahead with your votes and schemes to put him back into the White House. IMO, it will lead to your end, either in a nuclear moment, or. to a far more drawn out, miserable, tortured end under the rule of a madman you think you "own."

None of this will happen if we all get out, vote, and reelect Joe.

The crazies won't go away. But, at a minimum, we can, for now, push them back into the prehistoric caves from whence they came.

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bucolic_frolic

(43,659 posts)
1. Over time, several years I would suspect, the crazies will wander back to some normalcy
Fri May 3, 2024, 04:55 PM
May 3

To keep them crazy requires constant mental abuse by their leader, Fox, or Q-Anon. That illogic destroys their moorings and makes them susceptible to anything insane. Remove the stimulus and reality intrudes, which is something you can't ignore forever.

Cyrano

(15,097 posts)
6. Not so sure. Almost 160 years later,
Fri May 3, 2024, 05:56 PM
May 3

millions are still waving the Confederate battle flag.

They haven't gone away and many of them are today's MAGAs. The Trump era probably just brought more recruits to their cause.

 

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
5. Well, it is only a matter of months until we unveil our future, or lack thereof.
Fri May 3, 2024, 05:52 PM
May 3

What is so disturbing to me is that we have already fallen so far that Trump is a viable candidate for the Presidency. What the hell has happened to America?

Cyrano

(15,097 posts)
7. "What happened to America?"
Fri May 3, 2024, 06:00 PM
May 3

A high tech means of distributing propaganda to those who don't know better.

 

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
8. And who are the architects of the system to destroy the nation through the media?
Fri May 3, 2024, 06:17 PM
May 3

It seems, to this old man, that the age of MAGA had a fixes starting point with Rush Limbaugh in the 90s. It didn't happen by accident.

Cyrano

(15,097 posts)
9. Pretty much. He dug up Father Coughlin's playbook.
Fri May 3, 2024, 06:38 PM
May 3

Coughlin broadcast lies and hatred in the 1930's. Limbaugh had a much bigger audience. And he proved to a few TV media pricks that there was a huge audience out there that would gobble up whatever sewage they broadcast.

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