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0 pointsUncleEntity8y ago0 comments

> A foreign power is working with American billionaires to subvert democracy and install a dictator.

Seriously?

I'm no fan of any politician (or really of "tyranny of the majority") but I was kind of impressed at how well it all worked out last time. An "unpopular" candidate won and the ruling elite turned over the reigns just like they're supposed to do trusting the checks and balances in the system to work.

The quickest way to get a dictatorship is to go against the legal results of an election because the unpopular candidate won based on some metric of "unpopular" like "kids rioting in the streets".

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cryptoz8y ago· 1 in thread

That was not a peaceful transition. Trump said in plain language that he would not accept the results if he lost. He called on gun owners to shoot and kill his political opponents who he has also been trying to jail for the past many years.

If you are impressed with the level of functional elections and government in the US since the last election, I'm shocked. It is not a functional system. It is clearly disfunctional.

UncleEntityOP8y ago

> That was not a peaceful transition.

Indeed, it was the only election since I've been alive that the losing side rioted in the streets calling for the overturning of the election results.

> He called on gun owners to shoot and kill his political opponents who he has also been trying to jail for the past many years.

Fake news much?

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