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In reply to the discussion: My real question is is Trump bluffing or does he really intend to be an authoritarian [View all]RubyRose
(246 posts)57. My guess is that he'll pass laws that will make it
So punitive to employ, house, feed etc. they will begin to self deport.
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My real question is is Trump bluffing or does he really intend to be an authoritarian [View all]
geekboy009
Nov 10
OP
Yeah, the thing about Trump is he is only about Trump. He doesn't really have a political ideology. It's guys like
Quixote1818
Nov 10
#40
He already killed half a million americans during COVID and you are wondering what he is capable of?
Blues Heron
Nov 10
#2
Once i see that he has his minions putting people on trains, thats when i will believe it
geekboy009
Nov 10
#9
If the "redline" is set there then people are going to be loaded onto trains already.
TheKentuckian
Nov 10
#14
Germans said the same thing, coincidentally, not a single German citizen saw a train....
Runningdawg
Nov 10
#23
A real answer to any of the real questions you ask begins with knowing what fascism is and isn't.
taxi
Nov 10
#11
This us true and goes a long way. The fear is he let his loyalists "Go wild"
TheKentuckian
Nov 10
#20
"Some people say he's a fascist...he's not putting us on trains to death camps..."
J_William_Ryan
Nov 10
#19
Trump is a puppet. The religious cult controlling the strings are capable of far more than you realize.
Runningdawg
Nov 10
#24
He will be a rubber stamp for what the Project 2025 authoritarians want done, until they take him down and put Vance in
Attilatheblond
Nov 10
#31
He thinks he's smarter than everybody else. He regards people who disagree with him as nasty.
struggle4progress
Nov 10
#36
I'm kind of split on whether TSF himself is a fascist, but many of the people in his inner circle absolutely are
0rganism
Nov 10
#44
Orange Bastard is a stupid, lay motherfucking bum. Minions are highly fucking motivated to inflict fucking pain on you.
SoFlaBro
Nov 11
#59