RE: BREAKING:Trump refuses to commit to a peaceful transition of power after Election Day
September 25, 2020 at 7:47 am
(This post was last modified: September 25, 2020 at 7:49 am by WinterHold.)
(September 24, 2020 at 10:27 am)Anomalocaris Wrote:(September 24, 2020 at 10:09 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: The Trump campaign is reportedly looking into ways to circumvent the 2020 election, using GOP majority state legislatures in important swing states to bypass the popular vote and appoint loyal electors to Trump.
We're here, ladies and gentlemen. That old saying about "when fascism comes to America...". It's officially arrived.
What may end up saving us is Trump's mouth and how he has antagonized our military.
And how do you think his having antagonized our military would save us?
To be blunt, do you think the military has the moral courage, or even clarity, to prevent his seizing power? The military will use “it’s not our role under the constitution to......” to let democracy die.
(September 24, 2020 at 9:40 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: Fortunately he has done a terrible job of gaining the committed support of the military, so he won't be able to pull off a traditional coup. If he loses the election, he'll make his ouster as messy as possible, though. Expect a shit show of litigating results.
No, he probably already pulled off the coup. Republicans will defend his coup with far more Unity, determination, vigor and ruthlessness than opponents of the coup will resist it. The republicans corralled a mob into an army. Their opponents thinks it is a point of principle to remain a mob.
Other country often needs more ruthless, cunning, Diligent, perserverent Usurpers to topple even a fragile democracy amidst a short a sketchy history of participative government to Establish or reestablish a dictatorship.
The country that serenades itself with lullabies about “land of the free and home of the brave” only needs Fox News and trump.
We’ve become a country where the dominant political fractions mistake chest thumping for courage, sadism for morality, indecision for unity, ruthless selfishness for freedom, Irresponsibility for inalienable right, and buck passing for Moral high ground.
The American army proved to be "lacking a moral code" strong enough for it to withstand such a shock from the inside of the government.
The U.S army was always good in following the directions of the governmental paradigm; just like the Roman army, If you take the paradigm down then soldiers have "nothing to follow" and nothing to unify them, and with the spread of firearms between the citizens you got your package: a civil war. A free for-all that was always kept under control by the constitution.
No law and no order, it will be the north vs the south allover again.
I think the army will intervene but not like you imagine: it will intervene just like the Roman legions intervened in Roman politics: each legion goes to a favorite general.
