• DandomRude@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    To me, this looks like yet another sign that the current regime is striving for tyranny. That, in turn, would probably mean civil war, unless US citizens are willing to accept the end of democracy.

    At least, that’s how it looks to me, a European. Do you feel the same way?

    I mean, it’s pretty obvious that the US government doesn’t care about the law. And then, to top it all off, there’s this ridiculous military parade for Drump’s birthday … only someone with dictator ambitions would do something like that.

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      15 hours ago

      Yeah, the LA “riots” where super tame by riot AND LA standards. Like, they didn’t even have to bust out the water cannons. A skateboarder tanked some tear gas and flipped them off. It’s not like a bunch of people stormed the capitol building or something. This is the flimsiest excuse ever for martial law, so I have to assume it’s another step towards tyranny.

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      15 hours ago

      To me this has been pretty obvious since they started following the Project 2025 manifesto line by line

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        15 hours ago

        Yes, I see it the same way. But it seems that implementation is now imminent, and I fear that resistance will be necessary, because soon it will probably be too late.

        I’m from Germany, and the actions of the US government remind me eerily of the rise of the Nazis in my home country back then - almost as if history were repeating itself.

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        14 hours ago

        Honestly, it could be seen on the distant horizon as far back as the Bush administration

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      13 hours ago

      From the ground, it feels like a lot of Americans are willing to trade their democracy for the illusion of peace.