Just like 100 years ago. Democracy bears fascism. Fascism bears war.
What have we learned? Apparently nothing.
Vacuum.
I wouldn't say anything about not learning from the past. Back in October, there were well over 150,000 people in the streets of New York City and roughly 7 million across the whole country, beginning the long fight ahead against fascism. The crowd was from sidewalk to sidewalk, from 57th Street down 7th Avenue all the way to 14th Street, and totally peaceful. The only way this can be stopped is for all of us to come together like this and force it to end. If we don't, we lose America as we knew it. As a 77-year-old burnout from the 60's, I can tell you firsthand that we have already lost way too much. What's coming if we don't act now is a capitalist fascist totalitarian state, very similar to China, run by corporations owned by billionaires
First conclusion:
There is a consistency and rigor to the above policies that goes way beyond Trump's faculties. He couldn't follow a straight line to the bathroom.
No, this program is steered by far more sinister minds than his. Trump just wants to be dictator and to be that he goes along willingly with what he is told (...)
The only things that irks me is people who don't use cruise control on the freeway, lazy people or ones who claim to be environmentally correct and spew mung and spoo more than anybody else.
Is mung and spoo what sparkle farters leave in their wake after the sparkle has gone?
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Aug 12, 2025 - 8:40am
NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:
Seriously, none of you guys should be fighting each other.
I can't say this often enough. But this is no longer about the Republican / Democrat divide. I would dearly love to see the old Republican Party come back.
The current Republican Party has been hijacked and its leadership is out to destroy the strength of the United States. Why do I think that?
Just look at some of its recent policies. (cutting and pasting from the Trump thread here)
He is destroying government-assisted scientific research, which has always been a vital ingredient of American research and innovation. Why is he doing this?
He is destroying public service institutions, like NOAA, the National Parks, NPR and FEMA. Why ?
He is introducing tariffs that are wrecking the US economy and strangling the world economy to boot. Why?
He has set up goon squads, ostensibly to round up illegal immigrants, but their overreach and lack of accountability is widely documented. Why such a visible display of wanton violence and lack of accountability?
He has eroded all remaining faith in political and state institutions. Why?
He has basically destroyed faith in NATO and destroyed US soft power by shutting down US AID. Why?
First conclusion:
There is a consistency and rigor to the above policies that goes way beyond Trump's faculties. He couldn't follow a straight line to the bathroom.
No, this program is steered by far more sinister minds than his. Trump just wants to be dictator and to be that he goes along willingly with what he is told
Second:
NONE of these policies are designed to strengthen America but WEAKEN it.
Third:
There is a very obvious mannerism to Trump's politicking, namely of blaming the other side of precisely the very thing you are most guilty of yourself.
Pedophile rings? check
Corruption? check
Russian influence? check
Government overreach? check
.. the list goes on.
Now this admittedly common propaganda tool is straight out of the FSB playbook. If you have been following the Ukraine war you'll see the Russians do this ALL the time.
Trump's conscious destruction of US norms and standards has the FSB strategy of destabilising a foreign government stamped all over it. They WANT you to fight each other. It's death by a thousand cuts, slowly eroding your trust in each other.
And if you are still not convinced, then explain to me how and why Trump is inviting Putin to Alaska (still considered to be Russian's rightful territory by many Russian nationalists).
Apart from the trivial fact that there is an international arrest warrant out for Putin's human rights violations, this is a MASSIVE boost to Putin's domestic image and does NOTHING for the US, if anything just weakens its perception on the international stage even more. So, why do it?
Now, if Trump supporters are still not convinced and would rather have Trump the Russians and their sympathisers in charge instead of having to work with all the sparkle-farters that make up the Democrat party, then think very carefully of what you are wishing for. It's not going to be a return to some Arcadian age like the sixties. It's rather going to be a fast track to hell.
If you love America, which I am sure all of us here do, including me and I'm not even American, then it is high time to stand up and defend it. Do it in the name of the (old) Republican Party. Do it in the name of rock and roll. Do it in the name of your fantastic natural wonders. Do it the name of having a working economy where you can buy parts for your truck.
And if you think I'm exaggerating, just look at rural Russia, for that is the course you are on.
I have no bone to pick with anybody here.
The only things that irks me is people who don't use cruise control on the freeway, lazy people or ones who claim to be environmentally correct and spew mung and spoo more than anybody else.
I tend to stay away from these political forums because you can yak all you want, and you won't change peoples opinions one little bit.
