They don’t have to take away your power if you stop yourself from using it first. Don’t willingly give up your voice.

“Significant other”. It’s a stand-in for any partner (boy/girlfriend, husband/wife, commonlaw, fuckbuddy, etc)

That’s a stage name. I assume some of the others on the list are too.

If someone tells you of the power they will take, believe them.

If you’re honestly asking that, you haven’t been paying attention.

Trump has openly said he would be a dictator on day one of his presidency. He told American Christians that they won’t have to worry about voting again, and that he’d take care of all that. Republicans control the house, the senate, the presidency, and the supreme court. There is no one to appeal to when he tries (and he WILL try) to take complete control. And legal challenges will be brought before the SCOTUS, who will rule in his favour.

Freedom will not win by following the old rules. Those rules are gone. They were killed by Trump and his MAGA mob.

People aren’t paying attention. This is the last legitimate election the US will have. They control all three branches of government. The words in the constitution are meaningless if no one is there to uphold them.

We are experiencing history.

Sept 9, 1776 - Jan 20th, 2025.

They will control everything. Americans handed the fascists complete control over the legal system as well as the judicial system. Democracy is finished. There will be no free elections going forward. They made their choice.

Not only wouldn’t he see a punishment, but he’d be elected a second time to do it again!

Do they plan to go down the line and just keep choosing groups to demonize?

Yes, absolutely. Fascism requires an “out group” to demonize and scapegoat, and an “in group” that sticks together to hold their power. It’s an us-vs-them thing that only works if you’ve got a them to be the enemy. They’ll go down the list of minorities persecuting them as they go. Today it’s immigrants, trans, and pregnant women. Once they’re taken care of they can move into the rest, like Muslims (from Trump’s first presidency), gay people, and likely atheists, intellectuals/academics, the disabled, etc.

The Nazis in Germany did exactly the same thing the American Nazis are about to do.

A 20 year old car can be perfectly functional.

Not if the car manufacturers get their wish. They’d love to force you to buy a new car every few years. Having tech installed that becomes obsolete fast would help make you upgrade.

They won’t, but they bought me a brand new shiny copy of Linux Mint.

Yeah, and repetition is a proven way to get people to believe anything.

Don’t be obtuse.

I’m not willing to let the vulnerable be hurt just to get some schadenfreude on Trump supporters.

That is not a fair trade.

I’m not willing to hurt the vulnerable just to get some schadenfreude on Trump supporters.

Yeah so why bother at all, right?

Your opponent doesn’t have to do anything if you don’t even try.

Fascism is something to be alarmed about! It’s an existential threat to democracy!

And this is exactly what’s wrong with the Democrats, and why Biden never should’ve run. They’re too comfortable in their big houses with all their money and privilege. They have no fucking idea what it’s like for most Americans, and clearly they don’t care because they’ve never had to. There is no party in the US to fight for regular people, so they didn’t vote.

And democracy never comes back peacefully. Dictators never give up their power. The only way to bring it back is through revolution. Many more lives will be lost just to bring what the voters gave up this week.

The internet was designed to be resilient and route around damage.

Censorship is ‘damage’

And the rest of us will get what we don’t want.