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adigal

(7,581 posts) Tue May 2, 2017, 02:02 PM May 2017

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Historian Timothy Snyder thinks Trump trying to pull coup, destroy democracy

almost inevitable.

http://www.salon.com/2017/05/01/historian-timothy-snyder-its-pretty-much-inevitable-that-trump-will-try-to-stage-a-coup-and-overthrow-democracy/

Yes, he is selling a book, but the article is worth a quick read. Talks about ways to protest, while we still safely can. Watching lawyers getting arrested in Turkey last week and the last few months made me realize that we are only a few steps away from that.

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Historian Timothy Snyder thinks Trump trying to pull coup, destroy democracy (Original Post) adigal May 2017 OP

Some of us thought this the day the scumbag came down that fucking escalator. No shit Sherlock! winstars May 2017 #1

Yea. It really seems that way. Every move he makes is destabilizing. The Wielding Truth May 2017 #2

The coup has already happened. What he's trying to do is Sculpin Beauregard May 2017 #3

sadly, you are quite correct. the coup happened the night of 8/9 november 2016. niyad May 2017 #5

nss niyad May 2017 #4

winstars

(4,219 posts)

1. Some of us thought this the day the scumbag came down that fucking escalator. No shit Sherlock!

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Tue May 2, 2017, 02:06 PM

May 2017

The Wielding Truth

(11,411 posts)

2. Yea. It really seems that way. Every move he makes is destabilizing.

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Tue May 2, 2017, 02:06 PM

May 2017

Sculpin Beauregard

(1,046 posts)

3. The coup has already happened. What he's trying to do is

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Tue May 2, 2017, 02:07 PM

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consolidate his power so that he can't be removed.

niyad

(113,055 posts)

5. sadly, you are quite correct. the coup happened the night of 8/9 november 2016.

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Tue May 2, 2017, 02:11 PM

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niyad

(113,055 posts)

4. nss

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Tue May 2, 2017, 02:10 PM

May 2017

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