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The events of Wednesday need to be understood for what they are: more than a mindless riot, more than a cartoonish display of boorish tantrum, more than a butt-dumb lashing-out of white trash frustration and anger. Yesterday was a warning.
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The events of Wednesday need to be understood for what they are: more than a mindless riot, more than a cartoonish display of boorish tantrum, more than a butt-dumb lashing-out of white trash frustration and anger. Yesterday was a warning.
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Imagine that Trump had the intellectual capacity to see beyond his own immediate gratification, plus the patience to carefully construct and execute a long-term plan.
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Imagine that, instead of just basking in and stoking their admiration, he had better organized America's small but well-armed and fanatical militia culture, who would love nothing more than to fight and die for the President in a quest to "save" the country from socialism.
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Imagine that yesterday's mindless riot had instead been a well-executed seizure of the Capitol and all the occupants therein.
We'd be waking today to a newly-established dictatorship.
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We'd be waking today to a newly-established dictatorship.
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All three branches of the Federal Government under the control of the coup.
The apparatus of the Executive Branch and the U.S. military at the beck and call of the Leader.
The opposition amidst the Legislative Branch captive and silent.
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The apparatus of the Executive Branch and the U.S. military at the beck and call of the Leader.
The opposition amidst the Legislative Branch captive and silent.
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The Supreme Court in full ideological grip, ready to entertain any degree of "emergency powers".
Sufficient sympathy within law enforcement to nullify any real resistance or rescue.
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Sufficient sympathy within law enforcement to nullify any real resistance or rescue.
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Autocratic and kleptocratic regimes such as Russia, China, Saudi Arabia and North Korea (jumping at the chance at legitimacy and eagerly eyeing Seoul), lining up to recognize and ally with the new American Order.
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74 million willing and vindicated American subjects, eager to finally dominate their dissenting neighbors - to at long last, and literally, own the libs.
What we saw yesterday was a demonstration of how easily this could happen with a more cunning and strategic effort.
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What we saw yesterday was a demonstration of how easily this could happen with a more cunning and strategic effort.
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In a way, Trump and his idiot followers may have done us an enormous favor. Democracy must be continually maintained and earned, and we've been asleep at the switch. We want to dismiss yesterday's shitshow as a childish fit, but we may have literally dodged a bullet.
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Much smarter and deliberative wannabe-Fuhrers are watching and taking note of Trump's egotistical failures.
The next shot at our democracy will not be so recklessly aimed, and could even come before January 20th.
Will we be ready for it?
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The next shot at our democracy will not be so recklessly aimed, and could even come before January 20th.
Will we be ready for it?
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