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In reply to the discussion: Maybe there's a different way to break Trump. [View all]
Lonestarblue
(9,958 posts)37. I just read an article in Business Insider that lays out what we all know already.
https://www.businessinsider.com/authoritarianism-experts-say-time-running-out-americans-to-stop-trump-2020-2
The author cites authorities on authoritarian takeovers and fascism, who say that we are well along the road to losing our democracy and that Republicans are all on board because they see Trump as their opportunity to hold on to power and change the government in ways to make themselves the permanent majority.
“There need to be mass protests," he said. "The Republican Party is betraying democracy, and these are historical times. Someone has got to push back.
"The deeply worrying moment is when you start to become a one-party state," Stanley added. "The Republican Party has shown that it has no interest in multi-party democracy ... They are much more concerned with power, with consolidating power."
Stanley said recent actions by Republicans and Trump were "straight from the literature on authoritarianism."
The author cites authorities on authoritarian takeovers and fascism, who say that we are well along the road to losing our democracy and that Republicans are all on board because they see Trump as their opportunity to hold on to power and change the government in ways to make themselves the permanent majority.
“There need to be mass protests," he said. "The Republican Party is betraying democracy, and these are historical times. Someone has got to push back.
"The deeply worrying moment is when you start to become a one-party state," Stanley added. "The Republican Party has shown that it has no interest in multi-party democracy ... They are much more concerned with power, with consolidating power."
Stanley said recent actions by Republicans and Trump were "straight from the literature on authoritarianism."
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It will work on his paranoia, making it harder for his flunkies to tolerate him.
Hermit-The-Prog
Feb 2020
#5
My wife said this during the 2016 campaign. But then, she's just a foreigner, what does she know?
DFW
Feb 2020
#6
Not to mention that he's already quite old, and the presidency is a killing job. n/t
MrModerate
Feb 2020
#9
the media (savvy ones) would follow along if Dems who get press would do this.
Grasswire2
Feb 2020
#27
That's what I say. MSM needs to stop covering everything he says and does.
blueinredohio
Feb 2020
#14
Trump has a LOT of attack surface. Maybe don't think of him politically.
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2020
#19
I just read an article in Business Insider that lays out what we all know already.
Lonestarblue
Feb 2020
#37
The media needs to get their heads out of the bucket and cover the death of democracy as much or
Karadeniz
Feb 2020
#24
The last thing tRump wants to be called is a puppet. Because he is one
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2020
#36
