So I'm re-posting this from another of my social media accounts because hey, I have that ability. But fair warning -- Political talk incoming:
To all those who keep saying, “chill out. Trump & co aren’t as bad as you think. [Insert crime here] isn’t going to happen”, just let me say the following as a few counter arguments:
— You are assuming that the “rule of law” is going to stop them. They have shown they hold no regard for it.
— I’m pretty sure there were those in 1930s Germany who said the same thing. “It’s not going to be that bad; you’re overreacting”
History proved they did not, in fact, overreact.
I keep seeing arguments about "The Constitution says he can't do X, Y, Z" or "To do this needs Congressional Approval" or whatever else. Like somehow, THAT is going to stop these people.
They've already shown their regard for the law is zilch. That threatening to impeach federal judges isn't out of the ordinary for them. Even when the judicial branch says "no you can't do that, it's unconstitutional" -- right NOW, it's working. But we're still ONLY not even 3 full months in to a 4-year term.
When their counter argument is "the judicial branch shouldn't stop the executive branch" -- even though that is whole damn POINT of the checks & balances system the US government was built upon -- you know the doors are being opened to see just how far they can push.
Just how much push-back will they get from their own cult members.
Keep in mind, too, that TO THIS DAY, the cult still refuses to admit Trump lost the 2020 election.
There are always going to be those (whether they are full on cult member believers or just those who want to hold to the "good of humanity" or whatever else) that are going to think it'll all be okay.
That the next 4 years will be "a little crazy" maybe, that "the US survived Trump's first term, it can survive the next one", that 2028 will come around and we'll get back on track.... etc. etc.
Whatever excuse or reason they're throwing out there, I don't care.
Because again, let me just say that we aren't even THREE FULL MONTHS into this second term, and things are already hell.
The government has alienated all of the USA's longest-held allies (which, let's be honest, isn't to be taken LIGHTLY). Has outright SIDED with RUSSIA over Ukraine in something that any idiot in the world knows the answer to. Among so many other problems.
And the fact is--it isn't JUST Trump. It isn't just the "head of the snake" b/c it's a multi-headed snake.
So no. This second term isn't going to be like the last one. Not even REMOTELY. That's already evident. And if you're trying to convince yourself that it is, that is a YOU problem, and you need to get your head out of the sand and stop ignoring the obvious.
And trust me, all of us that are SCREAMING about this? We really, really WANT to be wrong. I know I do. I want it all to be an overreaction, I want the world "back to good people".
The problem is-- I don't think it IS an overreaction.
Because like I said -- they still argue about the 2020 election. And if the whole event at the Capitol on Jan. 6th, 2021, had actually been "successful" (as far as the cult is concerned) -- Let's pretend for a second that they'd "won".
Let's pretend that Pence had been killed. Or Pelosi. Or more of the Congress people, or more of the law enforcement. Or that it had been so bad that Trump's terrorists really had "overthrown the certifying of the election".
Let's just pretend THAT scenario.
Where would we have been from THAT point? Would there have BEEN a 2024 election?
That is the kind of state this country is in right now. That is the kind of people that have been in power at the top (and yes, there are ISSUES all throughout the political system, but trying to argue that the Dems are as bad as the GOP so I'm just not gonna vote at all is WHAT GOT US HERE!)
We cannot overhaul the entire election system overnight. It just isn't feasible.
The American people-- either because they're in a cult, or deep seated misogyny, or twisted religious faith, or prejudices, or twisted propaganda, or for WHATEVER reason--decided to put this madman in power.
Because TOO MANY (either through directly voting for him or deciding NOT TO VOTE AT ALL--or through those 'protest votes' that go nowhere), did not put their vote to Harris, which allowed this state to happen.
Because like I said, it was going to be Harris/Walz OR Trump/Vance in this last election.
No matter what your thoughts are on "we need more than two parties" or "lesser of two evils" or whatever other BS you wanna throw--
By not voting DIRECTLY for Harris/Walz as an American Voter, you allowed this, whether you meant to or not.
