William Lindsey Oct 22, 2024

"January 30th 1933 dawned cold and clear in Berlin as Adolph Hitler took his oath of office and promised Germans he would uphold the constitution. It would ultimately take him less than 30 days to dismantle it. ...

All you need to end a democracy is a leader willing to suspend or end the Constitution and a supporting cast large enough to allow him to do it.

Republicans have both."

~ Rachel Bitecofer

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism
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https://thecycle.substack.com/p/what-really-happens-if-trump-wins

What (Really) Happens If Trump Wins?

Like Hitler, Trump Has Made Clear His Plan is Dictatorship, Not Democracy

The Cycle- On Substack
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Oct 22, 2024

"In an echo of [Sinclair] Lewis’s bestselling 1935 novel It Can’t Happen Here, [Dorothy Thompson] wrote in a 1937 column: 'No people ever recognize their dictator in advance…. He always represents himself as the instrument for expressing the Incorporated National Will. When Americans think of dictators they always think of some foreign model.'"

~ Heather Cox Richardson

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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-21-2024

October 21, 2024

On Saturday, September 7, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump predicted that his plan to deport 15 to 20 million people currently living in the United States would be “bloody.” He also promised to prosecute his political opponents, including, he wrote, lawyers, political operatives, donors, illegal voters, and election officials.

Letters from an American
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Oct 22, 2024

"DONALD TRUMP IS RUNNING THE MOST openly fascist campaign ever undertaken by a major-party nominee for president of the United States.

That’s not hype; it’s a textbook application of the term. …

We like to think that fascism can’t happen in America. But it’s happening right now."

~ Will Saletan

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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/lets-be-honest-trumps-running-as

Let’s Be Honest, Trump’s Running As a Fascist

A comprehensive look at recent speeches and interviews underscores just how dark the rhetoric has gotten.

The Bulwark
Show threadRobert HOct 22, 2024

@wdlindsy

I am proud to have been a citizen of this experiment in democracty, No world wars since 1945. No conscription since 1973. The highest standard of living at any time and in any country.

The experiment could end in two weeks. It makes me sad for those who follow me.

It took 248 years to build this country and its constitution. It could all be over in months.

Show threadWilliam Lindsey Oct 23, 2024
@Stinson_108 I'm with you. I can point to at least 20 some ancestors who participated in the American Revolution, some dying in battle or due to wounds in battle. It's sad to think that what they gave their lives for may soon be null and void — because of decisions made by many of their own descendants.
Show threadRobert HOct 23, 2024

@wdlindsy

You may be eligible for membership in the the Society of the Cincinnatus -- descendents of officers who fought in the Revolution.

Show threadWilliam Lindsey 
@Stinson_108 I suppose that might be true, since at least two of my Revolutionary ancestors who died, one in battle and the another as a result of wounds he received in battle, were officers. I've truly never been much of a joiner and haven't ever been interested in joining the SAR. If nothing else, the acquiescence of too many of my Revolutionary ancestors to the system of enslaving other human beings gives me pause to think as I celebrate their battle for freedom — for some.
Oct 24, 2024 at 2:21pmWeb
Show threadRobert HOct 25, 2024

@wdlindsy

No, not the SAR. The Society of the Cincinnati. It has a lovely mansion in Dupont Circle. You'll always have a room when you visit Washington D.C..

Show threadWilliam Lindsey Oct 25, 2024
@Stinson_108 Yes, I knew that was the group you meant. I mentioned SAR just to say that I haven't ever been much of a joiner of groups like that, though I know they gather good information that helps a lot of us researching family history.