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[–] InTheDoghouseAgain@lemm.ee 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I wonder if he has seen through history what what the future can become with the direction of the current political administration

It could become dangerous for having a voice

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

As a history graduate myself, I can tell you that he has absolutely looked forward, and extrapolated where this timeline is likely to go, based not only on past historical examples, but also considering the models that the contemporary players are using, which is clearly a combination of the Nazi playbook, extreme Libertarian fantasy, Russian ambition, and oligarchic greed .

Way back in the late 80s, I started listening to Rush Limbaugh, whose radical propaganda I was able to resist because I had a good grounding in Critical Thinking. But as I heard his listeners fawn over him, and saw the conservative talk radio trend quickly spread across America following the end of the Fairness Doctine in 1987, I realized that if this level of conservative rhetoric and propaganda continued for long enough, it could literally destroy America, and then the world.

Then I watched in horror as it caught fire in the 90s with Newt Gingrich fanning the flames, then the stolen election of 2000, with the Dems just saying "Oh, well," in response, then the rise and election of HitlerPig.

EVERY single prediction I made in my most extreme imagination in 1987 has come true so far, and if we dont do something to stop it, we will come to resemble Nazi Germany, with death camps and everything. Except this time, nobody will come to the rescue, and the entire planet will turn into an authoriarian kleptocracy, operated by Sociopathic Oligarchs.

My next prediction: MAGA can't lose the slim majorities in both Houses, or control of investigatory committees will fall into the hands of Democrats, as well as legislative control. Protests will continue to grow around the nation, driven by citizen anger over multiple issues. By next summer the protests will be huge, and HitlerPig will encourage his RedHats to instigate violence. They heeded his call before, and he pardoned them, and made them political martyrs within their cause. They will respond again.

Now he can call the protests violent, and send in the authorities to quell the violence with more extreme violence. That will allow him to declare Martial Law and suspend the upcoming elections until peace is restored, and since he controls the peace, that will never happen. Any further demonstrations will be met with deadly violence, and any organizers will be disappeared to the 30,000 person facility currently being built in Guantanamo, outside of the view of the media or the toothless courts.

Kapo Stephen "PeeWee Himmler" Miller has said that he wants America reduced from the current 335 million people, to 100 million. Using your best historical speculation, how do you think he proposes to reach that goal?