Quite honestly, I go back and forth on whether a Trump second term would result in a dictatorship. Don’t get me wrong, he would do immense damage to our democracy and should be kept as far away from power as possible. (Preferably in a prison cell.)

Trump’s first term, though, showed that Trump was often too incompetent to fulfill what he wanted to do. Not only that, but he was prone to get distracted by shiny things. He’s going to go after the “deep state” and kick out anyone who doesn’t support him? Well, first he needs to hold a press conference with a hurricane map that he marked up with a sharpie.

All this being said, the best case scenario for a Trump second term is that democracy is seriously wounded. We could emerge from it still with our voting rights intact, but with our entire democracy vulnerable to the next guy who can con a group of people into thinking that he’s protecting them from The Other by removing everyone’s rights.

This is an incredibly naive take (no offense), and is exactly the kind of thinking that allows authoritarianism to take root.

It can happen here

Regardless of Trump’s competency, I can guarantee you that the anti-democratic powers that underpin Trump, galvanize his authority, and who do posses the competency to back his authority will absolutely accomplish a silent dictatorship in this country should he re-gain power.

You are absolutely insane to believe, given every single historical warning to the contrary, that this will not happen. I would go so far as to say that given the current geo-&-socio-political climate that this is the MOST likely scenario at the present time. History has a tendency to rhyme, and we are in the pre-global conflict phase of the paradigm. Every single person in this country who cares about the democratic process should take this threat deadly serious.

It can happen here.
It can happen to you.
It can happen in your lifetime.
WAKE THE FUCK UP.