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The closer we get to November, the more you'll hear comments like the ones Trump made in the interview with Chris Wallace -- liberal dems are unable to properly govern cities and/or states, liberal dems are to blame for violent crime, liberal dems can't be trusted, etc (thread)
By vilifying an entire party, he's laying the groundwork to make the case for why said party should be dismantled, leaving room for only one party: his. This is eerily similar to the way Mussolini made all political parties illegal except for his own Fascist Party. (2/6)
This is no coincidence. Notice how easy it would be to believe the following sentences were written about Trump. All you have to do is change the time & location. This should terrify you. (3/6)
From the Constitutional Rights Foundation: "[Mussolini] formed squads of street fighters who wore black shirts. His “Blackshirts” beat up socialists and communists and threw them out of local governments."
From the NYT on Friday: (4/6)
![From the Constitutional Rights Foundation: "[Mussolini] formed squads of street fighters who wore black shirts. His “Blackshirts” beat up socialists and communists and threw them out of local governments." From the NYT on Friday: (4/6)](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdU9ql6WkAELGJN.png "From the Constitutional Rights Foundation: \"[Mussolini] formed squads of street fighters who wore black shirts. His “Blackshirts” beat up socialists and communists and threw them out of local governments.\" From the NYT on Friday: (4/6)")
From the NYT on Friday: (4/6)
Make no mistake: Trump is on his way to becoming the fascist dictator of his Mussolini wet dreams. And the conditions are ripe for him to do exactly that. It's important to accept this so we can prevent it from happening. (5/6)
We can't say things like "He's too stupid to pull that off" or "He has people around him who won't let that happen." WE have to be the people who won't let it happen. Living in denial will only cause us to lose whatever shred of democracy we have left. (6/6)
