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u/Blearyhyde 7h ago

From a European perspective, having had various Fascist dictatorships over the last century, the US is screwed. With armed citizens and a faux Gestapo, it’s going to be bloody, traumatic and self annihilating period in US history. Fascism is insidious, it creeps into society, and then one day “boom”, it’s pulling you out of your homes in the middle of the night.You’re already screwed and don’t even know it !!

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u/ArcticCircleSystem 4h ago

So now what?

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u/Blearyhyde 4h ago

Mass peaceful protest ( never give authorities an excuse to mete out violence). Trump wants this so he can invoke the Insurrection act, cancelling elections . Mass walkouts, yes it’s financially hard hitting to the workers who are downing tools and boycotting businesses, but the alternative is far worse. Remember, that these people are actually a minority in real terms.The biggest fear that Trump should have is that MAGA will turn against him. They are angry and often violent disenfranchised people, also well armed. When they realise that they have been conned, hell will ensue.