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By Professor Marc Murphy of the Brandeis School of Law

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 231 points 1 day ago (6 children)

2016 was worse for America than 9/11.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 161 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Yes. Trump's failure during Covid was killing a 9/11's worth of Americans weekly.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 day ago

give 'em some time. it's still early in the first quarter and he's still getting warmed up

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Republicans preventing the US from joining the first world probably kills more than that every week.

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[–] moakley@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago

Trump was already responsible for one 9/11's worth of American deaths when he refused to send aid after Hurricane Maria. Then COVID happened.

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[–] griff@lemmings.world 58 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Jr Bush/ Cheney laid an awful lot of the groundwork for Trunk One’s malevolence

[–] Trebuchet@lemm.ee 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] griff@lemmings.world 35 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Lee Atwater, Newt Gingrich etc etc etc

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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As did Reagan and Bush I. And for that matter, a lot of their people cut their teeth under Nixon. Some cancers take a long time to grow.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

~~Never Forget~~ We Forgor

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[–] gazby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 137 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The pathway to authoritarianism is lined with people telling you to stop overreacting

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hope as fuck that everyone who said that eventually realize they were warned, and take some humility into the future

Maybe, maybe, break Cassandra's curse. At least for a little bit

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yea, and then they’ll say “never forget” and build a monument and a museum. And then everyone forgets 2 generations later. Just look at Israel, the families there still materially experience the lingering effects of genocide yet they continue to perpetrate another one.

That is the unfortunate reality of it. I wish I could say that I hope it will be different this time but..

About the one hope I have is that during the next iteration we overhaul society's systems to so solidly work for the average person that it helps counteract this cycle, but it's hard to stay optimistic for sure

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[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 101 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I've never seen anything in the US more complicit towards fascism and autocracy than the US media. They reported NOTHING negative about Trump for months? Why? Fairness? But Kamala got fucked every headline ''Job Numbers trending up, but are the numbers too soft because of Harris? " type of bullshit.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 64 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Almost as if the rich and powerful have WAY too much control. Break out yer guillotines!

[–] SpaceShort@feddit.uk 19 points 1 day ago

They want fascism. It's an element of class war.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Always has been. Have you ever checked out how the imperial media covers genocide?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_model

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 86 points 1 day ago

Needs an update:

Now of course the "Rule of Law" is already destroyed and the plane should be headed for the 2nd one...

[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just need a 2nd plane labelled "republican traitor filth".

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 33 points 1 day ago

I don't know why you would write the same term 3 times.

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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I do think that Trump's first administration was fascist-lite. He had set precedence that future politicians will do. However, his second term has now gone full fascist and it is no longer "setting precedence", but making breakthrough and ripping apart the very heart of democracy and what it means to be human.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Kick a narcissist out of your home and tell them you don’t want them anymore, and if they manage to get back in, you won’t ever forget you crossed them.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

The media called his second run a "revenge tour", and they weren't fucking wrong. Trump's only objective this time around is to stick it to the people who held him back the first time. First his old cabinet, then career civil servants, then judges, and eventually, the rest of us.

[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 16 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Cheetos can't melt steel beams.

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[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Uhhhh get this human generated slop out of here!

[–] rockettaco37@lemmy.world 12 points 23 hours ago

I mean... I'm from the US myself and this is extremely true

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