15 Nov 20
@Duchess64 - The election and four years of Trump have shown that far from being a paragon of
democracy, the US has not only neglected its decaying democratic institutions at
home, but has also incubated a dangerous authoritarianism.
Ah yes, a *dangerous* authoritarianism.
So dangerous to American democracy, Trump the "authoritarian" LOST
you called him a dictator. you LIED.
The post that was quoted here has been removedContrary to what Americans supporting Joe Biden may hope, the rest of the world will not quickly forget the fact that Donald Trump was the US President for four years (2017-2021) and thus swallow the US propaganda holding that the US 'democratic' system is the greatest.
Yes, I agree. So - What's to be done about all this? I can't claim to have the perfect solution, but this is what I do:
Vote, contribute to candidates that share my views, make phone calls to those in my community urging them to so likewise, contribute to their political campaigns, and try to set an positive example to others. Before I go back to my chessboard I sometimes recite this little prayer I heard from a friend in grade school all those years ago.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
-and wisdom to know the difference- 🙂
@earl-of-trumps saidDidn’t she just say that she was quoting an article?
@Duchess64 - The election and four years of Trump have shown that far from being a paragon of
democracy, the US has not only neglected its decaying democratic institutions at
home, but has also incubated a dangerous authoritarianism.
Ah yes, a *dangerous* authoritarianism.
So dangerous to American democracy, Trump the "authoritarian" LOST
you called him a dictator. you LIED.
And where, in that post, is the word dictator used?
You lie! You just make up 💩 that suits you, dream it into reality and think that anyone cares.
The only people who do are the snowflake, incel, non-masturbating, alt-right, pick-up truck owning crackers who vote republican.
Nobody else on the planet cares about what you fantasize.
@shavixmir saidyou lied shav.
Didn’t she just say that she was quoting an article?
And where, in that post, is the word dictator used?
You lie! You just make up 💩 that suits you, dream it into reality and think that anyone cares.
The only people who do are the snowflake, incel, non-masturbating, alt-right, pick-up truck owning crackers who vote republican.
Nobody else on the planet cares about what you fantasize.
you said Trump was destroying democracy, that he was a dicatator,
dictators don't lose elections, d'head.
you lied.
16 Nov 20
@earl-of-trumps saidI take it hitler stopped being a dictator when the Russians rolled into Berlin and Mussolini stopped being a dictator when he was hanging upside down from a lamppost.
you lied shav.
you said Trump was destroying democracy, that he was a dicatator,
dictators don't lose elections, d'head.
you lied.
Your either not making sense earl or your going for gold in the pendantathlon.
Trump is a dictator that lost and like all dictators he is showing his complete disregard and disdain for the democratic will of the people.
16 Nov 20
@earl-of-trumps saidThere you go again.
you lied shav.
you said Trump was destroying democracy, that he was a dicatator,
dictators don't lose elections, d'head.
you lied.
I’ve never called trump a dictator out of the context of wanting to call him something genital. And even that, I don’t think, I’ve done on this forum.
It is in your head. It all is.
You’re making 💩 up and you believe your own lies.
16 Nov 20
@shavixmir saidyour people are inbreeds from a 99.9% white racist nation and has turned you into a pile of d'heads.
There you go again.
I’ve never called trump a dictator out of the context of wanting to call him something genital. And even that, I don’t think, I’ve done on this forum.
It is in your head. It all is.
You’re making 💩 up and you believe your own lies.
16 Nov 20
@earl-of-trumps saidVan Halen was Dutch and he was only half white.
your people are inbreeds from a 99.9% white racist nation and has turned you into a pile of d'heads.
@kevcvs57 saidHitler was democratically elected to become a dictator. The German people got what they voted for. Hitler made no secret of his desire to be a dictator if elected.
I take it hitler stopped being a dictator when the Russians rolled into Berlin and Mussolini stopped being a dictator when he was hanging upside down from a lamppost.
Your either not making sense earl or your going for gold in the pendantathlon.
Trump is a dictator that lost and like all dictators he is showing his complete disregard and disdain for the democratic will of the people.
19 Nov 20
@metal-brain saidWrong he never won an election based on the popular vote. Only a minority of Germans voted for a dictatorship.
Hitler was democratically elected to become a dictator. The German people got what they voted for. Hitler made no secret of his desire to be a dictator if elected.
But anyway your point is ?
My point was that Trump failing in his attempted dictatorship ( the jury is still out on that one ) doesn’t mean he’s not a dictator it just means he’s a failure.
20 Nov 20
The post that was quoted here has been removedPerhaps it is possible my source is wrong. Here it is.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-becomes-president-of-germany
Here are a couple of excerpts from the link above:
"On August 19, 1934, Adolf Hitler, already chancellor, is also elected president of Germany in an unprecedented consolidation of power in the short history of the republic."
"A plebiscite vote was held on August 19. Intimidation, and fear of the communists, brought Hitler a 90 percent majority. He was now, for all intents and purposes, dictator."
Is History.com mistaken?