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Florida Panhandler5/03/2021 1:23:28 pm PDT

re: #57 No Malarkey!

I watched episodes of the new season of The Handmaidā€™s Tale, and it got me thinking about what a real fascist America would be like if Trump regained power in 2025. The answer is, about the same, at first. We already treat poc like crap and let corporations get away with murder. Itā€™s just that there would be no hope of it ever getting better, and things would gradually get worse, because the federal government would be broken and would never do anything to stop the decline as oligarchs pillage the country. Pretty much like Putinā€™s Russia.

I disagree in that IMO Trump or any other Republican in the White House would immediately and suddenly mean the practical end of democracy in this country. It will not be the same as last time.

A Republican controlled Congress and a Trumpy Prez will quickly ram through legislation doing away with anything resembling legitimate elections. The SCOTUS would also be packed with even more Trumpy Justices overriding present (perceived) RINOs in order to do away with pesky Constitutional court blocks and to reverse previous liberal-leaning decisions. We will be a mix of Putinā€™s Russia and Apartheid South Africa with active campaigns to diminish and eliminate minority populations by any means necessary.