A sad anniversary (2021-01-06) · 7:09am Jan 6th, 2022
An year ago, my country survived an attempted coup. Unfortunately, we have an high probability of losing democracy in the next few years:
To be blunt, Trump lost the election. If you are a loon believing that he won, you are delusional. Trump got 74,216,154 votes (46.9%) and 232 Electoral Votes. Biden got 81,268,924 votes (46.9%) and 306 Electoral Votes. If one is too mentally ill to acknowledge this, then you have my pity.
Trump sent his supporters to overthrow the government and make him President for life. Luckily the coup failed. Frankly, sending 10 to 50 thousand (probably about 25 thousand) CosPlayers to overthrow the Government was a stupid plan.
Unfortunately, Trump has Plan B:
Have loyal politicians to him pass bills in the Red States curtailing voting and getting loyal poll-workers and secretaries of state in place who will choose the Republican Candidate to win the Primary and always declare the Republican the winner during the General Election, despite what the voters want. Our country could become a 1-party State like North Korea under President-For-Life Trump.
¿What sort of Republicans will we have?
Given that the winner of the primary will be chosen by the secretary of state and the secretary of state will declare the republican the winner of the general, we shall not have Republicans like Representative Liz Cheney, Senatrix Murkowski, or Governor Hogan, but a Government of people like Representative Greene, Senator Hawley, and Governor DeSantis. Basically, only 10%, 20% at most, would want to life under such a government.
This could lead to civil war.. If it does not, I can elections ending in a decade because the TrumpRepublicans decide who goes into each office anyway. In the year 2030, I can see a President-For-Life Trump (1 of his children) with a Vice President-For-Live Trump (another 1 of his children). I can see us living in a Single-Party Totalitarian Hereditary Autocracy, very much like North Korea. The big difference is that North Korea is a Communist State, but we would be a Fascist State:
In Communism, the government controls business. In Fascism, Business controls the Government. Hitler was a Fascist. Stalin was a Communist.
Frankly, extremism sucks. I prefer a country with a Free Market and a Safetynet. Basically, Separation of Business and Government, with a Safetynet so that if one loses one's job, one does not have to fight racoons for discarded rancid food in dumpsters.
Extremism sucks:
Generic dictatorships, communism, fascism, military dictatorships, et cetera all suck.
We may not be able to do much about poll-workers and secretaries of state loyal to Trump, but we have 2 bills for voting rights. Unfortunately, the TrumpLoyalists. filibuster them in the Senate.
It is a sad anniversary. Democracy may not survive the midterms. The Election of 2024 could end with Trump proclaimed as President-For-Life.
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Trump is basically Sprout. Listen to his song and practically everything that isn't pony-specific is in effect something Trump has said at some point (most likely even Rob and the corn
I bet they even based Sprout's design off him— he's red in the face and his mane is just in reverse.
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All analogies are wrong, but some are useful:
The Xenophobia is perfect, but he personally does things. Sprout must do things or his character would be boring; so now, I totally support the change.
This really isn't the best place to get into politics.
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As long as it is lawful, we can do what we want with our blogs.