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mk  ·  1126 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: There's a big gold Trump statue wheeling around CPAC

Whether or not Trump is imprisioned in the next four years is likely critical for the survival of American democracy.





katakowsj  ·  1125 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So true. Today in 1933 the Reichstag was torched. Hitler had to work a bit to blame it on the communists. He didn't have a pre-existing online social disinformation network eager to lap up any drivel he spouted.

I also wonder if our democracy can survive political partisanship as long as the general electorate follow their party with blind religious fervor. Religious faith translates into "I will follow my party's leader, without question no matter how bizarre his/her command. I wonder if Trump can ever be convicted. If he Trump is convicted, he may puppeteer the Republican party from prison, a, la El Chapo and his criminal empire. We may be screwed.