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Chasstev365

(5,191 posts) Sun Jan 15, 2017, 10:50 AM Jan 2017

Will the Benedict Donald and the GOP create a situation like the French Revolution of 1789?

I don't own a gun and have never wanted. However, I believe things are going to get really bad. The economic gap is going to be on steroids and I have concerns for my safety. Welcome to Distopian America!

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Will the Benedict Donald and the GOP create a situation like the French Revolution of 1789? (Original Post) Chasstev365 Jan 2017 OP

The French had a nice mechanical solution, but we're high tech now dalton99a Jan 2017 #1

If so Melania probably won't be able to say "Let them eat cake" CentralMass Jan 2017 #2

It could happen, but the situation would have to be very dire. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #3

Good Points Chasstev365 Jan 2017 #4

Yeah, MacArthur was part of it too. I think Patton was more directly... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #5

The attack on the Bonus Marchers was the final nail in Hoover's coffin... First Speaker Jan 2017 #7

Maybe. I'm sure that FOX and right-wingers would try to spin it that way! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #8

Knitting a list, as we speak. Mc Mike Jan 2017 #6

It has to be a circumstance where the TrishaJ Jan 2017 #9

dalton99a

(81,391 posts)

1. The French had a nice mechanical solution, but we're high tech now

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Sun Jan 15, 2017, 10:52 AM

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CentralMass

(15,265 posts)

2. If so Melania probably won't be able to say "Let them eat cake"

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Sun Jan 15, 2017, 10:54 AM

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028473100

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,852 posts)

3. It could happen, but the situation would have to be very dire.

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Sun Jan 15, 2017, 10:57 AM

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Lots of people starving while Donald and the GOP make "let them eat cake" comments could bring it about.

Forget about it if military personnel don't turn against them as well, though. George Patton happily ordered attacks on WW1 veterans who wanted their promised bonuses during bad economic times.

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)

4. Good Points

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Sun Jan 15, 2017, 10:59 AM

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It was Herbert Hoover and Douglas Mac Arthur who ordered the Bonus Army out of DC in 1931 or 1932.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,852 posts)

5. Yeah, MacArthur was part of it too. I think Patton was more directly...

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Sun Jan 15, 2017, 11:03 AM

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involved with the troops in the streets.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

7. The attack on the Bonus Marchers was the final nail in Hoover's coffin...

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Sun Jan 15, 2017, 12:03 PM

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...though the Depression was surely enough in itself. The American people, to be fair to them, were horrified by the attack. They thought Hoover had lost his mind. Today? Fox "news" would praise it to the skies, and the sheeple would go along. As Orwell said famously: anything--anything at all--can be justified, if you feel that "your" side is benefiting.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,852 posts)

8. Maybe. I'm sure that FOX and right-wingers would try to spin it that way!

Reply to First Speaker (Reply #7)

Sun Jan 15, 2017, 12:06 PM

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At least if the Republicans ordered it.

Mc Mike

(9,111 posts)

6. Knitting a list, as we speak.

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Sun Jan 15, 2017, 11:27 AM

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TrishaJ

(797 posts)

9. It has to be a circumstance where the

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Sun Jan 15, 2017, 12:09 PM

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situation for the 65 million Trump voters becomes dire... and even then, would they ever accept that it was Trump and the GOP that conned them? I seriously have my doubts.

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