• vapeloki@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    As a german: this is 1:1 the 3rd Reich playbook.

    Stop it as long as you can!

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      1 day ago

      We have no ability to effect any meaningful change at this point outside of high velocity lead poisoning.

      I kinda want to leave for good.

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        20 hours ago

        You have. Go in the street in masses make sure that Republicans fear you.

        Our german constitution allows for violence from civilians to protect the democratic order if any other means failed.

        We have this for good reasons. To make sure we don’t ever end up with a dictatorship again.

        It will pe painful, it will be ugly, but if you wait to long this is the only way

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          10 hours ago

          In America, our system works like this:

          The police will shoot you, maybe burn your house or neighborhood down, steal everything you own, Lock you up without charges, and then if you can ever afford a lawyer to sue them you might get out of jail only to find the burned-out hole in the ground you used to live in was sold to a property developer and none of the money found its way to you.

          You also owe tens of thousands of dollars in back taxes on the burned down house for the time you were in jail, but all of the money for selling the house was given to some scam artist who knew you wouldn’t be able to stop them.

          You can’t afford to go to the doctor, but a third of your income is spent on health insurance. It takes 2 hours of work to afford a dozen eggs. You no longer have a car because they towed it from your driveway while you were locked up and you can’t even afford to get it out of impound despite the fact that every day the cost of storing the vehicle goes up by more than you earn.

          This country is a fucking nightmare for so many people.

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            The police will shoot you

            And that’s true of every repressive regime that has ever been overthrown by people power. Just remember: if we don’t resist, they’ll just find it easier to kill us. There’s no option where we’re safe and they still exist.

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          8 hours ago

          Good luck with AfD. Don’t let your problem grow to be as large as ours has gotten.

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            Thanks! We fight!

            We had millions in the street against the afd and we won’t stop!

            We will take any legal and civil action we can

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        It’s on the rest of the world, and all the non-fascist Americans, to stop it before it gets worse.

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        I can’t believe you all are serious writing this stuff. America will move on after trump. America is going to be fine - as such as it is -. Likewise, everyone is going to be fine. Life in going to carry on.

        I get the German doesn’t understand, but come on, man. Ain’t going to be no Trump dictator. So much bs fear is being pushed. Resist it.

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          It’s already very much not “fine.” I could write you an essay but you don’t seem the type to argue in good faith. Want a small example? I’m Canadian. Never seen an ally turn so fast, nor seen such a high level of anti-American sentiment in my life. From trusting and supportive to disgusted - not just as the fascist wannabe government - but at Americans themselves for their pseudo-exceptionalism, pig-headed displays of lack of intellect.

          You might not recognize it, or care - but there’s been a huge shift and it’s happened almost overnight.

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          23 hours ago

          “Rome was destroyed, Greece was destroyed, Persia was destroyed, Spain was destroyed.
          All great countries are destroyed. Why not yours? How much longer do you think your country will last? Forever?”

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          Wanna make a bet?

          I want to remind you about all the things people said we were “overreacting about” years ago, how did that turn out in light of recent events?

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            10 hours ago

            A bet about what? That Trump tries to become a dictator? Lol. I’d bet it all on that he won’t…

            If you honestly think Trump could even get a third term, you don’t know anything about our political system, or it’s history.

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              Well you’ve already lost that bet, because he self-identifies as a dictator and Republicans submitted a constitutional amendment to remove the two-term limit the day after he was confirmed.

              So pay up

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              If you honestly think Trump could even get a third term, you don’t know anything about our political system, or it’s history.

              You appear to be under the delusion that laws and historical precedents are self-enforcing. Laws that are not enforced are meaningless, and Trump and his mob are lawless.