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Yes, this is dangerous--not because a military coup would succeed between now and Biden's inauguration (Biden will be president) but because a major political party and so many voters continue to back Trump.
The danger going forward is that so many voters are OK with this. https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/1340425658753814528
The danger going forward is that so many voters are OK with this. https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/1340425658753814528
The end game is a successful disinformation campaign, by which I mean that a significant portion of the population either believes (or for political expediency pretends to believe) that Trump would have won the election if not for massive fraud. https://twitter.com/kaisun1982/status/1340477291302846472
A Pinochet-style military coup was more common in the 20th century.
21st-century would-be autocrats have an easier and less bloody method: They overthrow democracy by undermining truth and disrupting accurate dissemination of information.
21st-century would-be autocrats have an easier and less bloody method: They overthrow democracy by undermining truth and disrupting accurate dissemination of information.
The danger is that Trump will keep a portion of his base radicalized.
There are no quick fixes. This has been building for decades while many of us (thinking the Civil Rights movement succeeded) were lulled into complacency. https://twitter.com/DianeKelly/status/1340480555574386689
There are no quick fixes. This has been building for decades while many of us (thinking the Civil Rights movement succeeded) were lulled into complacency. https://twitter.com/DianeKelly/status/1340480555574386689
I spent the day reading about the history of the NRA (working on my book about the 2nd Amendment).
Seeing how we got here, and how many decades it's been building, it's easier to see how to get out of it, and what we need to do.
How about if I do a Twitter Book report tomorrow?
Seeing how we got here, and how many decades it's been building, it's easier to see how to get out of it, and what we need to do.
How about if I do a Twitter Book report tomorrow?
More reporting.
I spend a day at my writing desk, peek at Twitter, and sheesh. https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/politics/trump-oval-office-meeting-special-counsel-martial-law/index.html
I spend a day at my writing desk, peek at Twitter, and sheesh. https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/politics/trump-oval-office-meeting-special-counsel-martial-law/index.html
It's always been perilous for some groups.
Consider being African American before the 1950s when segregation was legal and lynching common. https://twitter.com/maraleia/status/1340491480838901761
Or consider what life was like for an African American woman in 1860. She didn't own her own body. Literally.
Consider being African American before the 1950s when segregation was legal and lynching common. https://twitter.com/maraleia/status/1340491480838901761
Or consider what life was like for an African American woman in 1860. She didn't own her own body. Literally.
Think about life for a worker before the New Deal.
No minimum wage. No 40-hour workweek. No social security. No protection against injury.* Injured workers were left to starve.
*The GOP wants to bring this back.
No minimum wage. No 40-hour workweek. No social security. No protection against injury.* Injured workers were left to starve.
*The GOP wants to bring this back.
Make America Great Again means go back to those days.
That's the goal. It's in the slogan: The word "again" in MAGA signifies reactionary (regressive) politics.
Go back to the days before regulations outlawing insider trading, and manipulating markets. You know. Good old days.
That's the goal. It's in the slogan: The word "again" in MAGA signifies reactionary (regressive) politics.
Go back to the days before regulations outlawing insider trading, and manipulating markets. You know. Good old days.
It's definitely stressful, and I didn't mean to discount the stress all of this causes. https://twitter.com/maraleia/status/1340495039470907397
