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20 Aug 2019, 12:02 am

^^^technically not yet a dictatorship but already too GD close for my taste.



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20 Aug 2019, 12:25 am

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^^^technically not yet a dictatorship but already too GD close for my taste.


People are becoming too comfortable with populist strongmanism as long as it keeps a veneer of the American republic.


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20 Aug 2019, 12:27 am

Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
^^^technically not yet a dictatorship but already too GD close for my taste.


People are becoming too comfortable with populist strongmanism as long as it keeps a veneer of the American republic.

too many ableists for my taste.



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20 Aug 2019, 12:35 am

auntblabby wrote:
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auntblabby wrote:
^^^technically not yet a dictatorship but already too GD close for my taste.


People are becoming too comfortable with populist strongmanism as long as it keeps a veneer of the American republic.

too many ableists for my taste.


Perhaps so. I don't see many opportunities for us Aspies among their ranks.


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20 Aug 2019, 2:16 am

Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
^^^technically not yet a dictatorship but already too GD close for my taste.


People are becoming too comfortable with populist strongmanism as long as it keeps a veneer of the American republic.

too many ableists for my taste.


Perhaps so. I don't see many opportunities for us Aspies among their ranks.

i don't grok why so many aspies here buy into ableism with both fists?



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20 Aug 2019, 2:21 am

auntblabby wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
^^^technically not yet a dictatorship but already too GD close for my taste.


People are becoming too comfortable with populist strongmanism as long as it keeps a veneer of the American republic.

too many ableists for my taste.


Perhaps so. I don't see many opportunities for us Aspies among their ranks.

i don't grok why so many aspies here buy into ableism with both fists?


Should ask 'em.


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20 Aug 2019, 2:30 am

Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
^^^technically not yet a dictatorship but already too GD close for my taste.


People are becoming too comfortable with populist strongmanism as long as it keeps a veneer of the American republic.

too many ableists for my taste.


Perhaps so. I don't see many opportunities for us Aspies among their ranks.

i don't grok why so many aspies here buy into ableism with both fists?


Should ask 'em.

they don't seem interested in discussing it without devolving into more ableism.



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20 Aug 2019, 11:05 am

An American dictatorship I could only see coming via the military. Even then, it's hard to imagine with all the FREEDOM baked into the culture. Somehow a leader would have to rise in the military and convince the military that a military dictatorship was best for America.



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20 Aug 2019, 5:28 pm

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20 Aug 2019, 6:33 pm

Quote:
When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.".


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20 Aug 2019, 6:36 pm

Drake wrote:
An American dictatorship I could only see coming via the military. Even then, it's hard to imagine with all the FREEDOM baked into the culture.

It's very unlikely to happen but if it did the dictator could tell the people they're still free. Anyone who publicly disagrees would quitely disappear.


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20 Aug 2019, 6:37 pm

RetroGamer87 wrote:
Drake wrote:
An American dictatorship I could only see coming via the military. Even then, it's hard to imagine with all the FREEDOM baked into the culture.

It's very unlikely to happen but if it did the dictator could tell the people they're still free. Anyone who publicly disagrees would quitely disappear.


I agree, 100%.


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20 Aug 2019, 10:46 pm

Read the Southern Victory series by Harry Turtledove. It shows a fairly well-written scenario where the Confederacy wins the Civil War and evolves into a clone of Nazi Germany by the 1930s while the Union turns into a USSR clone by then. If Trump tries even a fraction of what happened here he would almost certainly be impeached on the spot. Hence why I can’t imagine America officially turning into a dictatorship (although it’s safe to say the industrial-military complex has kind of ran the show for decades).