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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe had a good run, America.
The President is tweeting like a mean girl at a rogue nuclear state while we argue over whether a guy in Alabama who dated teens as a grown man should be a US senator. We had a good run, America.
Kath2
(3,089 posts)We are seriously fucked up on so many levels.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,857 posts)Trump received a lot of support from them in the GOP primaries and the general election.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/donald-trump-2016-authoritarian-213533
They're the same kind of weirdos who supported Hitler in Germany. We definitely need to keep them in check!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_authoritarianism
In roleplaying situations, authoritarians tend to seek dominance over others by being competitive and destructive instead of cooperative. In a study by Altemeyer, 68 authoritarians played a three-hour simulation of the Earth's future entitled the Global Change Game. Unlike a comparison game played by individuals with low RWA scores, which resulted in world peace and widespread international cooperation, the simulation by authoritarians became highly militarized and eventually entered the stage of nuclear war. By the end of the high RWA game, the entire population of the earth was declared dead.
Initech
(100,103 posts)And replace it with a fascist theocracy. And they will seal the deal if their worthless excuse for a tax plan passes.
hibbing
(10,109 posts)While the biggest concern of Congress is tax cuts for the ruling class. I'm sure they all went to church today too.
Peace
BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)Last edited Sun Nov 12, 2017, 07:24 PM - Edit history (1)
Thats what they want. Resist.
orangecrush
(19,620 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,043 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,043 posts)Saying the USA is over is the mirror image of MAGA.
America has been a great country, is a great country, and will be a great country.
Nitram
(22,890 posts)It is childish and rather boring.
fierywoman
(7,694 posts)BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)saidsimplesimon
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(22,890 posts)We've got no place left to go but up, now. NY & VA started the ball rolling...
Stuart G
(38,448 posts)Is that what was being said in 1931?..Before Roosevelt was elected?
Is that what was being said in 1974 before Nixon resigned?
What if Biden is elected (if he runs) in 2020? or Warren? or Harris?
Who knows what the future brings? Not me...
sandensea
(21,668 posts)and we'll definitely make it through this.
Whether we, as a people, will be any wiser for it, that remains to be seen.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)But until we rectify our election-tampering apparati, the bitter third may control our governance in spite of a distinct majority of Americans' desires to the contrary.
vi5
(13,305 posts)I don't follow twitter but I've seen this tweet posted a bunch of places on instagram and facebook.
chowder66
(9,080 posts)nolabear
(41,991 posts)We've had a good run indeed, and I think that's one reason we shock so easily. The country and the world have always been hard scrabble and in flux. This is the craziest president for sure but other politicians? There have been assholes in power forever.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)oh yes she is