As America backslides into fascism and authoritarian consolidation, what do you think should be done to course correct?

  • wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 hours ago

    Even my dumb as shit family members who voted for trump are beginning to turn on him. I don’t think Americans really have any tolerance for his turn to fascist dictatorship. Sure, a few deplorables out there do - but we outnumber them 100 to 1.

    Personally I think MAGA is going to eat itself. Especially if Trump dies in his sleep.

    The real problem is this cycle will happen again in if we don’t have a reckoning where the fascists and their sympathizers are made to permanently renounce those leanings. I think we should take their trigger fingers.

    • whiwake@lemmy.cafe
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      6 hours ago

      The problem is they are beginning to. They should have been against him way back in 2020 when he left

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        7 hours ago

        I mean… if we are to take the batman approach and let them live, then we need ironclad solutions to prevent this shit from happening again. Loss of trigger finger for sure. Make them record “I was wrong and my decisions led to the destruction of people’s livelihoods and the deaths of innocent people. Do not let me do this again. Do not let other people do this in the future. We must learn from our mistakes and I will be held accountable for the rest of my life.” and if they refuse to repeat that while facing a camera, then they get to rot in a cell until they do. Make those recordings public and make them watch those recordings. And they don’t get to vote.