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No, for a while after the shakeup of the US political landscape resulting from Johnson embracing the Civil Rights Act and the Republican Party exploiting disaffection of racists from the Democratic Party in a way that they had not tried to do after the similar Democratic split over integration vs segregation in the 1940s that produced the short-lived State's Rights Democratic Party, the Republican Party placed heavy…
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I’ve asked myself why my grandparents did not try to overthrow their Nazi regime. They were not the most immoral people on the surface, they just viewed their actions happening as the only way of survival. I think the answer lies in seeing what really happening instead of what’s portrayed as happening on their propaganda outlets. Articles like this start to transition people away from supporting fascism if they are b…
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Again and again and again, any kind of limit on immigration, no matter how popular, was rejected. Is it any surprise it came to this?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Reform_and_Control...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_California_Proposition_18...
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>There was large scale mass migration into the country that appeared to be facilitated by the last administration. Did you forget to specify "illegal" migration in regards to this conspiracy theory or did the mask just slip here?
The complete lack of pushback from traditional conservatives against Trump's constant overreach and his complete disregard for basic civil liberties and the rule of law continues to shock me.
There hasn't actually been a complete lack of such pushback from traditional conservatives; the surviving icons of traditional conservatism have often been vocal anti-Trumpers.
What it turns out is that, while some of the former luminaries are still alive and active, there are, as far as political impact goes, no traditional conservatives left.
The complete lack of pushback from traditional conservatives against Trump's constant overreach and his complete disregard for basic civil liberties and the rule of law continues to shock me.
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And now when it ends, the next administration will inherit this power to deploy the military for domestic use, with very few restrictions. They will inherit the power to detain anyone without due process based on the simple allegation that the detainee is here illegally. They will inherit the power to use the considerable spying apparatus that is Palantir against perceived domestic enemies.
The next administration will easily be able to create huge tariffs on imports, and relieve them in a targeted manner for specific companies as a reward for bribes and compliance. That is the current reality, and it is the world you are backing.
Finally, the next administration will have the ability to deal with the problems that have haunted this country since the failure of reconstruction. Guns, hate groups, religious cults, climate change deniers... the next admin will have many, many more options to address these problems. I hope you have considered the tools you are handing to the other side.
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Every power this administration has secured for itself will be available to and used by future administrations. Do not fool yourself into believing this state of conservative power over the three branches will last, it will not. And now when it ends, the next administration will inherit this power to deploy the military for domestic use, with very few restrictions. They will inherit the power to detain anyone without…
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Acceptance is embracing a fascist autocracy? "Hmmm. Libertarianism didn't resonate with liberals. Guess we will just go full on fascist.", is how I interpreted that.
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What is it exactly that you want?
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I’ve asked myself why my grandparents did not try to overthrow their Nazi regime. They were not the most immoral people on the surface, they just viewed their actions happening as the only way of survival. I think the answer lies in seeing what really happening instead of what’s portrayed as happening on their propaganda outlets. Articles like this start to transition people away from supporting fascism if they are b…
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The Bundy brothers - the ones who led an armed occupation of a wildlife refuge for 41 days - were charged with that same crime, and they were acquitted: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/27/oregon-milit... So I would caution against reading a short description of the law and thinking it's an open-and-shut case against the protesters.
IANAL, but that cases seem very different. This appears direct (prevent the federal officer from completing their enforcement action), where the Bundy brothers appears to have been indirect (in response to a federal officers that completed their action): > In response to the imprisonment of two Harney County ranchers, who were prosecuted for arson, Ammon and Ryan led a group of activists in an occupation of the Malhe…
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Acceptance is embracing a fascist autocracy? "Hmmm. Libertarianism didn't resonate with liberals. Guess we will just go full on fascist.", is how I interpreted that.
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