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By Professor Marc Murphy of the Brandeis School of Law

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[–] [email protected] 240 points 1 month ago (5 children)

2016 was worse for America than 9/11.

[–] [email protected] 170 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Yes. Trump's failure during Covid was killing a 9/11's worth of Americans weekly.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago

give 'em some time. it's still early in the first quarter and he's still getting warmed up

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Republicans preventing the US from joining the first world probably kills more than that every week.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

First, second, and third world country idealogy is outdated.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, the US has joined the second world now, but not in the way that the parent commenter means it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Yep, we're now aligned with Russia.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Trump was already responsible for one 9/11's worth of American deaths when he refused to send aid after Hurricane Maria. Then COVID happened.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Jr Bush/ Cheney laid an awful lot of the groundwork for Trunk One’s malevolence

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Lee Atwater, Newt Gingrich etc etc etc

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

As did Reagan and Bush I. And for that matter, a lot of their people cut their teeth under Nixon. Some cancers take a long time to grow.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago

~~Never Forget~~ We Forgor

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

2000 was worse for America than 9/11.

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[–] [email protected] 148 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mr. President, a second presidency just hit the south tower.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

They’re building a third tower now

[–] [email protected] 143 points 1 month ago (5 children)

The pathway to authoritarianism is lined with people telling you to stop overreacting

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I hope as fuck that everyone who said that eventually realize they were warned, and take some humility into the future

Maybe, maybe, break Cassandra's curse. At least for a little bit

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yea, and then they’ll say “never forget” and build a monument and a museum. And then everyone forgets 2 generations later. Just look at Israel, the families there still materially experience the lingering effects of genocide yet they continue to perpetrate another one.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

That is the unfortunate reality of it. I wish I could say that I hope it will be different this time but..

About the one hope I have is that during the next iteration we overhaul society's systems to so solidly work for the average person that it helps counteract this cycle, but it's hard to stay optimistic for sure

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[–] [email protected] 109 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I've never seen anything in the US more complicit towards fascism and autocracy than the US media. They reported NOTHING negative about Trump for months? Why? Fairness? But Kamala got fucked every headline ''Job Numbers trending up, but are the numbers too soft because of Harris? " type of bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 month ago

Almost as if the rich and powerful have WAY too much control. Break out yer guillotines!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Always has been. Have you ever checked out how the imperial media covers genocide?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_model

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 1 month ago

Needs an update:

Now of course the "Rule of Law" is already destroyed and the plane should be headed for the 2nd one...

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Just need a 2nd plane labelled "republican traitor filth".

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago

I don't know why you would write the same term 3 times.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I do think that Trump's first administration was fascist-lite. He had set precedence that future politicians will do. However, his second term has now gone full fascist and it is no longer "setting precedence", but making breakthrough and ripping apart the very heart of democracy and what it means to be human.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Kick a narcissist out of your home and tell them you don’t want them anymore, and if they manage to get back in, you won’t ever forget you crossed them.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

The media called his second run a "revenge tour", and they weren't fucking wrong. Trump's only objective this time around is to stick it to the people who held him back the first time. First his old cabinet, then career civil servants, then judges, and eventually, the rest of us.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cheetos can't melt steel beams.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Uhhhh get this human generated slop out of here!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

I mean... I'm from the US myself and this is extremely true

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