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Wanda E. Barquin's avatar

Sorry but when one lives under military or authoritarian rule, one does NOT react like you are describing. Obviously, neither of you ever lived under military rule. One gets scared, tries to make sense of one's surroundings while being traumatized without knowing why or how, one disassociates...moves to another country if possible. I have bad news for you both...America is imploding and we don't know how to 1. organize, 2. communicate, 3. get justice. Congress is NOT/NOT working to protect US laws or citizens. That translates into an authoritarian regime. Best, WB

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Sandra Przybylski's avatar

Yes there are 3 stages of authoritarianism. trump is moving VERY FAST! We are well into the second stage. I believe martial law & declaration of no elections sends us into the 3rd stage. Once we get here, there's no way out, except for a revolution. The last time we had that was the Civil War. Except for the King or Queen in the background, there's something to be said for a Parliamentarian form of government. You get a vote of NO CONFIDENCE & that triggers an ASAP election of a new PM. It's hard to make progress with a cult, a criminal & deadbeat Congress, criminal POTUS & executive branch, 6 SCOTUS Justices supporting the criminal POTUS & a corporate media. That's where we are. I'm tired of sugar coating it.

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Linda Weide's avatar

German radio has a 6 part series on Peter Thiel that is chilling.

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K K's avatar

Please help the good people who are in the US

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applecore's avatar

The problem with this is that the encryption is top-notch right now. But the top people in AI are saying that with quantum computers coming online and self-learning algorithms that that encryption that would take a supercomputer 100 years can now be done in a matter of weeks or less. Crypto will be hacked in my opinion in the next 5 to 7 years.

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applecore's avatar

It is 100%. No I take that back It is 10,000% done to give money to the oil companies and at the same time distract us from the big ugly f****** bill that is going to gut our democracy

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Linda Weide's avatar

The US Nazi Supreme court is sanctioning shipping people to Concentration camps in El Salvador and South Sudan.

Reading Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism by George Monbiot and Peter Hutchinson is talking about the economic system that goes hand in hand with dehumanizing people. SCOTUS is a prime example.

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Susan's avatar

Trump is being paid to ruin the US

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Susan's avatar

Can’t wait for SCOTUS to get dragged out of their White Castle

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Susan's avatar

Those agents are paid by the head

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Nora M's avatar

I guess the Rs on the supremes are as racist as the cult itself. Sure looks that way. They enable Trump’s grandiosity every chance they get.

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Jane McMillan's avatar

The enemy is the American People.

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Jane McMillan's avatar

New York!!!!

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Jane McMillan's avatar

You guys help me stay sane. Cheers

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Jane McMillan's avatar

Imagine being south of the border, watching white males falling all over themselves for their daddy. “Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

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@SplendidSavage's avatar

Really you’ve had all your shots faxed and boosted you’re probably blowing like a nuclear reactor full of self assembling nano technology hydrogel graph oxide a penny plant rusted with aluminum from the chemtrails. I’ll give you four years.

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Nora M's avatar

Guys, it’s much simpler than a plot. Trump is not rational. He is play master of the world for his cult so they can see how powerful and commanding he is. (Which is, of course, risible.) He literally speaks their language. They see absolutely nothing wrong with what he is doing. They feel more secure with strong man so they absolutely believe he is telling them the truth. He is showing off the same way he did in his first term at Mar-a-Largo with Abe. They were at or adjacent to the general dining room that was full of club members and Trump is waving around a classified document he signed.

Is it theater or pathology? is it both? As a child he wanted to be an actor on tv. Well, he succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. He’s king of the world! Obey or else!

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