i dont expect that america at present would tolerate an illiberal democracy
Truer words were never spoken.
I really hope young voters concerned with Biden’s “genocide” are aware that there will be an even worse genocide if Trump is elected
Don’t panic. Goes to blow into a paper bag.
I’m pretty sure neither Orban or Putin waves around any classified documents while speaking to journalists who are recording the interview.
Trump has shown himself to be a direct threat to US intelligence and national security, thus a threat to the US military and the Pentagon.
I think Fats Hamburger would suspend elections for some made-up reason he was reelected . A ketchup shortage come to mind
So the opposite of a democracy…
I say it would look closer to Iran since anybody who isn’t Christian will be getting targeted by the “morality police” and all females will be required to wear dresses and they will be reduced to being nothing more than household slaves to men.
Aka Greg Abbott’s TX, basically.
Hungary, despite its democratic backsliding is still much more democratic that Russia which is a straight up dictatorship. Grouping the two together makes no sense. The correct comparison is Russia.
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It will be worse than that, because Orban is not an imbecile
This is the cognitive dissonance of the right that I don’t get. How can anyone crow about government being too big and being involved in business/life too much….and also support someone who is clearly on the path of Putin & Orban.
Their governments carry much more involvement in every aspect of business and people’s lives than liberal democracy ever could. Plus, with a liberal democracy, you may have a government that wants to be far reaching, but it is far weaker than one that issues edicts and if there’s a rule they don’t like they just don’t follow it or make up a new one that is much more draconian.
I mean, I kind of get why rich people could find it appealing—they think they just have to pay off the right people to be left alone. But, even this is shortsighted. You leave behind the rule of law, you also leave behind the constraints on government too. Someone with slightly more money and influence who doesn’t like you could always come along to f*ck it up in ways so much worse than what could be done under a liberal democracy’s rules.
…and Biden is losing in 5 of the 6 swing states as of today. If nothing is done about this trend, then Rome is about to burn.
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In other words, fascism.
i dont expect that america at present would tolerate an illiberal democracy
Truer words were never spoken.
I really hope young voters concerned with Biden’s “genocide” are aware that there will be an even worse genocide if Trump is elected
Don’t panic. Goes to blow into a paper bag.
I’m pretty sure neither Orban or Putin waves around any classified documents while speaking to journalists who are recording the interview.
Trump has shown himself to be a direct threat to US intelligence and national security, thus a threat to the US military and the Pentagon.
I think Fats Hamburger would suspend elections for some made-up reason he was reelected . A ketchup shortage come to mind
So the opposite of a democracy…
I say it would look closer to Iran since anybody who isn’t Christian will be getting targeted by the “morality police” and all females will be required to wear dresses and they will be reduced to being nothing more than household slaves to men.
Aka Greg Abbott’s TX, basically.
Hungary, despite its democratic backsliding is still much more democratic that Russia which is a straight up dictatorship. Grouping the two together makes no sense. The correct comparison is Russia.
Back to the Future II
It will be worse than that, because Orban is not an imbecile
This is the cognitive dissonance of the right that I don’t get. How can anyone crow about government being too big and being involved in business/life too much….and also support someone who is clearly on the path of Putin & Orban.
Their governments carry much more involvement in every aspect of business and people’s lives than liberal democracy ever could. Plus, with a liberal democracy, you may have a government that wants to be far reaching, but it is far weaker than one that issues edicts and if there’s a rule they don’t like they just don’t follow it or make up a new one that is much more draconian.
I mean, I kind of get why rich people could find it appealing—they think they just have to pay off the right people to be left alone. But, even this is shortsighted. You leave behind the rule of law, you also leave behind the constraints on government too. Someone with slightly more money and influence who doesn’t like you could always come along to f*ck it up in ways so much worse than what could be done under a liberal democracy’s rules.
…and Biden is losing in 5 of the 6 swing states as of today. If nothing is done about this trend, then Rome is about to burn.