So, lets say we get to August or some summer month, and 4,000,000 people are protesting right out front the white house.

Do they send in the tanks? Do they kill 1,000,000 people? Would republican civilians see empathy for the dead americans who were democrats? Or would it unite the nation like 9/11 did, except this time against the government?

  • kugel7c@feddit.org
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    2 hours ago

    Well they certainly could go much much worse. The regime and their base are so far from anything being based in reality I don’t think anyone can truly be certain where this will go.

    And you can just read about early ish days fascism in Germany and see how that meshes with this Regime and it’s historical context. In no particular order :

    • Legislature ineffective and captured/ aligned
    • Judiciary captured /placed
    • Executive controlled (by proxy)
    • Intimidation / Terror Squad
    • Industry leaders largely aligned
    • Populous tired and under economical hardship
    • Extreme militarization
    • Strong and largely aligned surveillance system
    • Scapegoating / internal Enemy phantasms
    • History of ineffective Governance / Corruption
    • Generally unrepresentative and unstable Political System
    • Moderate / Ineffective International push-back
    • Unpredictable and Hostile foreign Policy

    There are also lines that haven’t been crossed yet but there are not a lot before we get to the really Bad ones. So yes Large scale incarceration and killing against internal resistance, or simply against the ‘racialized other’ are maybe already the next steps if MAGA(and the reaction to it) keeps on this trek.

    There could be some kind of thing to fan the flames and lead into the big Bads including probably some external War as well.

    Or there could be circumstances that stop this insanity before we get there. But holy hell Americans are way to chill about all of this currently and MAGA certainly won’t stop until they are made to stumble and fall. Could be self inflicted of course but if the pressure is higher the chance of a fumble goes way up. So every resistance is worth the attempt at this point, and if the ship can still be pulled around there have to be real consequences otherwise it’s just gonna be this again on a few decade cycle. I mean this shit is already worrying over here and in Germany well we seem to rhyme politically with the US of ten or so years ago so …

    For me this certainly is Fascist and we all should know how that goes if it truly gets to go.