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Harpooner
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The end of democracy in America?
Dec 7 2019 12:49PM more by Harpooner
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What we're seeing is five things. We're seeing somebody go to mass rallies, constantly lie, to incite fervor in a "cult of personality" base. We're seeing him make victimization honorable, they're all victims...right? We're seeing allegations of conspiracy, the deep state, hidden nefarious movements that only the Leader can see. We're seeing the scapegoating of minority populations, the vulnerable population. And lastly, the assertion that "I need to exercise these powers that no president has ever claimed to have".

This is deliberate. This is an assault on objective truth. And once you get people to surrender their sovereignty --when they think "what is true is what the Leader says is true" or "what is true is what the Leader believes is true", even though what is actually true is staring you in the face--when that happens, youre no longer living in a democratic republic. Thirty-five per cent of the country has checked out, they have joined a cult, they are obedient to the Leader, and this is straight out of 1984.

When Winston, at the end of the book , when the party leader is holding up four fingers, and asks Winston how many fingers are there and Winston says I see four, and the leader of the party says but it could be three or it could be five, it's what the party tells you. And that is when democracy dies in America."

Steve Schmidt
Former Republican Strategist
      
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loucfirr1
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Dec 7 2019 01:25PM     link to this

The fuzucking hypocrisy on you guys!
longwalker
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Dec 7 2019 01:50PM     link to this

Lots of Trump Derangement Syndrome
AFMadness
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Dec 7 2019 02:07PM     link to this

People have surrendered their sovereignty long b4 you and I were born.

The sad part is most don't even know it.

It's all a big game to control ones thinking. To try as they might to keep one from looking in places they do not want you to look.

Find truth and it's turned into a lie. Truth is stranger that fiction.

Tell a lie long enough and it becomes truth.

If you give this man a ride sweet memory will die. Riders on the storm...
KaiserSoce
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Dec 7 2019 03:20PM     link to this

Isn't Schmidt the bald guy who convinced John McCain that Sarah Palin should be the VP?

Reaper_1
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Dec 7 2019 04:13PM     link to this

Ein volk. Ein reich. Ein führer!

One people. One realm. One leader!
Detroit51
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Dec 7 2019 04:59PM     link to this

The view from the North is that the US ceased to be a democracy a long time ago if it ever was one. As a former resident with duel citizenship I am constantly explaining the electoral college and why the Dakotas have 4 senators and California has only 2.
As far as the last vestage of democracy in the south, it was erased with the election of an orange idiot to lead you. From here I am hoping he will be re-elected as if he loses I dont think he will leave. He has at least 5% of the population and half of the police that would be willing to kill if he asked and unless your true bosses like the Koch brothers turn against him he will be president for life.
Harthat
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Dec 7 2019 05:09PM     link to this

| just told a person that was a friend of 25 years to Fuck Off!
It's one thing for one of your stupid friends to support that orange idiot,
it's another when they try to convince you to follow their lead.

She went nuts! First the eath is flat bullshit, now orange is great.
Detroit51
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Dec 7 2019 05:19PM     link to this

She is in fine company. The vast majority of the uneducated love the orange. Even a greater percentage of those that believe in an invisible man in the sky, love him even more. One thing the dems and the republicans that believe in the constitution fail to understand is that most Christians and almost 100 % of evangelicals belive that Trump was sent by their Christian god. Nothing he could do will change their mind.
Reaper_1
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Dec 7 2019 05:56PM     link to this

Ignorance is bliss!
socaliam
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Dec 8 2019 12:57AM     link to this

Why the Dakotas have 4 senators and California has only 2 - Because the Dakotas are two separate states, period.

You need to associate with more intelligent people.
GeneShelby
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Dec 8 2019 01:30AM     link to this



Hey Trump is looking into out toilets and showers. Leave the man alone. (I say that with the sarcasm it deserves).
Night-Rider
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Dec 8 2019 03:07AM     link to this

“...if he loses I dont think he will leave. He has at least 5% of the population and half of the police that would be willing to kill if he asked and unless your true bosses like the Koch brothers turn against him he will be president for life.”

If you believe this garbage, you are just as extreme as the extremists on the other side.
Night-Rider
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Dec 8 2019 03:10AM     link to this

I think Schmidt starts out saying some interesting things, but then he, like Trump, becomes way over-the-top.
Night-Rider
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Dec 8 2019 03:13AM     link to this

It seems like Trump isn’t the only one who often uses hyperbole these days. Many, if not most, of his detractors do too.
Facephuckker
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Dec 8 2019 03:39AM     link to this

the koch's never liked trump
BigOnes
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Dec 8 2019 06:53AM     link to this

While I’m not a republican I’d rather support anyone other than a DemocRat!
Chucklaylo
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Dec 8 2019 07:35AM     link to this

Add me to your list Bigones.

Have never been a Trump fan, did not vote for him in 2016.

The Dumbocrats are making Trump look like a relative saint when compared to their ugly lies, hypocrisy and downright stupidity.

It is clear that TDS is alive and well.

Trump is the closest thing to sanity out there. Does not speak well for politicians.
thedon60
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Dec 8 2019 11:58AM     link to this

The greatest threat to our democracy is the huge and growing gap between the rich and the poor. Add to that the tremendous power of the corporate and financial elites over the electoral process. And the selection of candidates. Citizens United made this all legitimate.
bangkoklvr
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Dec 8 2019 12:07PM     link to this

I've been amazed at how quickly the US has fallen apart. But it has happened. Unless Trump is defeated, the US; as we have known it, will end.

I would invite anyone who cares to read the attached article.
Attached Links
How America Ends
socaliam
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Dec 8 2019 12:11PM     link to this

^ Politician's priority list:

1. Personal gain
2. Party loyalty
3. Nothing else
Night-Rider
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Dec 8 2019 12:13PM     link to this

Bullshit. Yes, income equality does exist, but this problem can’t be isolated from the fact that people overall have significantly more than they used to have because of the technological advances society has made over the past 80 years or so. How many families have multiple smart phones or television sets? How plentiful is food in America? Compare that to 80 years ago. People overall are better off.
Night-Rider
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Dec 8 2019 12:14PM     link to this

That was in response to thedon60.
BigOnes
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Dec 8 2019 01:52PM     link to this

Hey bangCock seriously like or hate trump the economy is the best it’s been in 50 years. Try listening to something other than CNN/PMSNBC....

You really show your ignorance with that statement!
Night-Rider
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Dec 8 2019 02:17PM     link to this

Of course, I do think we need to better help people in poverty, but declaring war against the very rich isn’t the answer.
BigOnes
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Dec 8 2019 02:23PM     link to this

^ Ditto!
BigOnes
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Dec 8 2019 02:27PM     link to this

I would add though putting people in poverty on permanent social welfare isn’t the answer either!
Gooners
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Dec 8 2019 03:11PM     link to this

I use to think how come there's so many Germans believing in Hitler. Not that I'm comparing 45 to Hitler but seeing the mass amount of people drinking the Kool-aid now I understand why.
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