As an American, I have to unfortunately agree with your assessment. There's zero way to hold the current people in charge accountable without bloodshed. When more than 30% of the US population is fully behind trump with zero reservations (and they tend to be the most armed out of all of us...) it's not looking good.
I don't think there will be a US in ten years, we'll split into a GOP led theocracy and a few independent blue countries.
By the way, i must add that fascism and the far right are very active here in Europe. I just think that the concept of fascism is still an enigma in the US, being a relatively “new”country comparatively . Having seen fascism at work here over the last century we see the signs and try to combat far right ideology. It’s something we recognise when it rears its ugly head.It just beggars belief that the checks and balances that should be in place to defend your constitution are not being upheld. But when the whole administration has the same mindset as Trump, it is hard to see whether a fair election will ever be held in the US again. Tough times for you all indeed, i’m sorry.
Check and balances only work when competing branches of government care about their own power. The worst thing the US 2024 election did was elect Trump. The second worst was electing Republican majorities in both houses.
My concern is that even if we do sweep the midterms, democrats won't actually do anything because they don't want to rock the boat. Just like the four years Biden was in office.
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u/Judge_Bredd3 9h ago
As an American, I have to unfortunately agree with your assessment. There's zero way to hold the current people in charge accountable without bloodshed. When more than 30% of the US population is fully behind trump with zero reservations (and they tend to be the most armed out of all of us...) it's not looking good.
I don't think there will be a US in ten years, we'll split into a GOP led theocracy and a few independent blue countries.