Anonymous wrote:Using outsiders or minorities as a scapegoat or boogeyman is Demagoguery 101.
These guys know exactly what they are doing.
Anonymous wrote:I truly don’t see how anyone can be blind at this point to the plays right out of the authoritarian handbook.
Purge the civil workforce to install loyalists. CHECK
Discredit law firms, government institutions, universities, and the media. CHECK
Use governmental power to censor speech. CHECK
Sowing doubt and conflict in the electoral process. CHECK
Intertwine religion with public policy. CHECK
Obsession with nationalism and the military. CHECK
Scapegoat marginalized communities (e.g. immigrants and trans people). CHECK
I swear at this point the orange one could announce a dictatorship and his supporters would not care so long as they got to keep their guns and abortion is outlawed.