In the 2020 presidential election cycle, more than $14bn went to federal candidates, party committees, and Super Pacs – double the $7bn doled out in the 2016 cycle. Total giving in 2024 is bound to be much higher.
That money is not supporting US democracy. If anything, that money is contributing to rising Trumpism and neofascism.
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It’s a bid to return to feudalism, where the strong rule over the weak. Instead of a nation of laws, we return to a nation of men who determine whom the law protects versus who the law binds. They’ve been working on this for generations, and they’ve never been closer to success.
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I think most of the Republican base don’t consider this as a factor. To them everything would continue on as it is just better and with no liberals, LGBTQ, or minorities.
To the masses, Social Security checks would still flow, Medicaid would cover them when they are sick and disability checks would still come in the mail, roads would be maintained, mail would be delivered cheaply, stocks will remain trustworthy investments, food/water will be safe… Until the liberals are gone, then the funny starts.
The business interests think their regulations will disappear and profits will be made… never mind those other regulations that keep our banking system stable, the power on, and customers roaming around with money in their pockets to spend. For the unscrupulous businesses that will be true, but it will quickly look like the late 1800s with huge monopolies dominating everything… Until a dictator rises to power on the backs of the upset masses and it’s taken away…
But for the elites and the power hungry, they know better. They would rather rule in hell than than serve with angels. They see how a few have total control in Russia, China, NK, etc. They want it too, even if it means they would have no where safe to spend those riches.
No one has ever accused conservatives of being smart.
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When you live your life in black and white thinking, there are only binary choices. The idea that their ideas could possibly fail to produce the results they want doesn’t enter their heads.
Of course not. They know they have to destroy society as it is before they can rebuild it the way they want it. That’s the point. That’s why they’ve been working for seventy years to undermine confidence in the government, so they can justify tearing it down and replacing it with their own vision.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12115-011-9498-4
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They think they control the police and military. The South thought they had the advantage as well. History is about to repeat itself.
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They largely control the nation’s resources. They can pay, the question is how many of our police and military forces are willing to sell their loyalty.
Given that 95% of U.S. law enforcement personnel are conservatives, I’m pretty sure the vast majority of them will be on board.
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Let’s March to Sea properly this time and do Sherman proud
No, that’s a crime against the rich, who matter.
Depends on your skin color and socioeconomic status.
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