• griD@feddit.de
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    8 months ago

    I had time to think for a bit. Please be advised that I’m not an American citizen and the following is purely conjecture.
    Basically, I believe the US is FUBAR. There are 4 possible scenarios for the 5th of November:

    • Trump gets so demented it’s getting impossible to get him propped up, he has to concede somewhere around that time
    • Trump finally gets thrown in jail, before election day
    • Biden wins - right now it looks like it would be a close call
    • Trump wins

    The article mentions, as many have before, that the “conservative” way of “thinking” has become purely emotional. So what do you think will happen if either of the three first will come true? Someone will seize the day and shout some bullshit conspiracy or another and now 20-30% of your emotionally driven population will get set to “angry” and “revenge”.
    If he simply wins: Mission accomplished!

    Now that I’ve thought a bit more, even (maybe especially?) if Biden wins in a landslide, the conspiracy spin could even be made stronger. Yikes. It might be the time of troubles on a very large scale and I reaaaaaaaaaly hope I’m totally wrong with all this!

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        8 months ago

        I think all of what you said, except maybe add a side of martyrdom on top of it. I’ve been saying since the last election, it’s not Trump himself they need, he’s only the figurehead to stir shit up. Get rid of him when he’s outlived his usefulness and do it in a way that sets up someone who’s liberal, brown, trans, gay, illegally in the country, or your choice of combination, and his followers will happily start a war and fight to the death to “avenge” him. Allow chaos to reign for awhile, then come in heavy handed to re-establish order and there go the rest of our freedoms “for the good and safety of everyone until things settle down”.

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      8 months ago

      There’s a very good chance Trump’s trial doesn’t conclude until after voting day. At which point we may face the situation of having a President-Elect that is convicted of Insurrection.

      We really should have just let the states ban the guy.

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      8 months ago

      I don’t forsee the second happening. Short of literal murder the rich dont end up in jail, and if they do its brief. Murica…

      Edit “rich” but you know what I mean.