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> And do we really believe that a Trump-led dictatorship would be more friendly towards dissenting views or permissive of media platforms that broadcast them?
by buzzerbetrayed 6y ago
> And do we really believe that a Trump-led dictatorship would be more friendly towards dissenting views or permissive of media platforms that broadcast them?
How is this relevant? We don't have a Trump-led dictatorship in the US. And since when is "Well it's not as bad as a <insert really bad scenario>" a well thought out argument?
- davesque 6y ago> How is this relevant? We don't have a Trump-led dictatorship in the US. Precisely what would we have gotten if those insurrectionists had succeeded in neutralizing the legislative branch? > And since when is "Well it's not as bad as a <insert really bad scenario>" a well thought out argument? It's an argument that is sufficiently well thought out when we are literally faced with a choice between A and B. We can do whatever we can now to prevent this movement from continuing to gain momentum or we can allow ourselves to be overrun by the movement.
- buzzerbetrayed 6y ago> Precisely what would we have gotten if those insurrectionists had succeeded in neutralizing the legislative branch? Oh please. This is pure delusion. There was 0 path for a group of a few hundred to “neutralizing the legislative branch”. What happened at the capitol was bad, but pretending there was any chance in it ending in a Trump dictatorship is simply hyperbole.