Is Trump trying to kill us? Authoritarian expert says yes. Here’s how
There are five key areas that authoritarians want to control when they attempt to decapitate a democratic state, authoritarian expert and author Timothy Snyder writes: health, law, administration, defense and intelligence.
And in each of these arenas, the goal is to consolidate power, create chaos — and yes, even death.
If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becomes the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, and his anti-vaccine ideology and conspiracy theories on health are implemented, many will die, Snyder insists.
Matt Gaetz, Trump’s proposed attorney general, embodies lawlessness, and “can be counted upon to abuse the law to pursue Trump’s political opponents.”
The end of the rule of law gives an authoritarian absolute power, and people — his enemies or scapegoated and/or targeted groups, like undocumented immigrants, will die.
Trump will weaken the United States’ defense by appointing an inexperienced sycophant as Secretary of Defense, disbanding NATO and cuddling with powerful adversaries whose goal is to sabotage our country, Snyder says.
In a world of hostile powers, that could mean deaths in our armed forces and/or among our allies, like Ukraine.
If Tulsi Gabbard became director of national intelligence, as Trump proposes, the U.S. would lose the trust of our allies, and lose our window into what is happening in the world. Being vulnerable to enemies who wish us harm likely will lead to deaths — of armed forces, intelligence officers and others.
https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/11/is-t...s-yes.html
There are five key areas that authoritarians want to control when they attempt to decapitate a democratic state, authoritarian expert and author Timothy Snyder writes: health, law, administration, defense and intelligence.
And in each of these arenas, the goal is to consolidate power, create chaos — and yes, even death.
If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becomes the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, and his anti-vaccine ideology and conspiracy theories on health are implemented, many will die, Snyder insists.
Matt Gaetz, Trump’s proposed attorney general, embodies lawlessness, and “can be counted upon to abuse the law to pursue Trump’s political opponents.”
The end of the rule of law gives an authoritarian absolute power, and people — his enemies or scapegoated and/or targeted groups, like undocumented immigrants, will die.
Trump will weaken the United States’ defense by appointing an inexperienced sycophant as Secretary of Defense, disbanding NATO and cuddling with powerful adversaries whose goal is to sabotage our country, Snyder says.
In a world of hostile powers, that could mean deaths in our armed forces and/or among our allies, like Ukraine.
If Tulsi Gabbard became director of national intelligence, as Trump proposes, the U.S. would lose the trust of our allies, and lose our window into what is happening in the world. Being vulnerable to enemies who wish us harm likely will lead to deaths — of armed forces, intelligence officers and others.
https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/11/is-t...s-yes.html
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
