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In reply to the discussion: America has hit the MAGA tipping point [View all]dalton99a
(87,743 posts)26. The reality is much worse than Project 2025
The full list of outrages is too long to list here, and I assume that most informed readers know about most of them. But the general outline includes such abominations as masked government thugs abducting people off the street and disappearing them into a secret detention system, people being deported to a foreign gulag with no due process, curtailing cancer and Alzheimer's research for no reason, shutting down dozens of vital government services, threatening social security and health care for millions of vulnerable citizens, targeting veterans, destroying foreign aid in ways that will literally result in the deaths of millions of people, using the Department of Justice to wreak revenge on the president's enemies and much, much more. It is overwhelming, which is exactly how they planned it in Project 2025. The reality is much worse than the abstract planning document foretold.
It's been evident for years now that the Republican Party as we once knew it has ceased to exist as anything but the political arm of Donald Trump's MAGA movement. It no longer has a distinct ideology and exists purely to serve his wishes. And yes, the Democrats in Washington seem to be in a state of suspended animation. But I confess that I didn't expect to see so many of our major institutions, from corporations to universities to elite law firms, follow their lead. They are, for the most part, capitulating to the administration's threats.
It's been evident for years now that the Republican Party as we once knew it has ceased to exist as anything but the political arm of Donald Trump's MAGA movement. It no longer has a distinct ideology and exists purely to serve his wishes. And yes, the Democrats in Washington seem to be in a state of suspended animation. But I confess that I didn't expect to see so many of our major institutions, from corporations to universities to elite law firms, follow their lead. They are, for the most part, capitulating to the administration's threats.
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Well said and agree. I am very cnscious of what I allow "in" and also try and remove/limit the
c-rational
Friday
#11
This is actually going way better than I feared it might. And I mean that in the sense that
Ol Janx Spirit
Friday
#5
Why expect corporations to do anything other than adapt to financial circumstances? Why assume that they would be moral?
xocetaceans
Friday
#6
Focus on voting, economic and civil rights impacts of Putin's Puppet and MAGA. The rest is going to be hot ...
uponit7771
Friday
#7
We will not reach a tipping point until the pain hits a lot more people and businesses.
Lonestarblue
Friday
#8
There must be accountability once law and order is re-established in this country
Mysterian
Friday
#13