• agitatedpotato@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    If you honestly think the US under Trump is going to put liberals in labor camps despite watching his whole first term flounder on anything that wasn’t already galvinized by the GOPs platform I think you need to watch less sensationalized news.

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      11 months ago

      I think you’re discrediting that there’s a decent chance that Trump is at least going to try to turn the US into a dictatorship. I’m hoping any attempt will fail, but there’s been weirder successes throughout history

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        11 months ago

        And I think people who claim Trump is going to put Americans in camps do nothing but polarize the political landscape more than it already is. If you sincerely believe Trump would have the ability to line up political dissedents up in mass and send them to camps, you’ve reached a level of delusion that is unhealthy. Theres no evidence Republicans are going to gain nearly enough seats for a supermajority, so please explain to me how Trump sends democrats to camps. It’s a sensational divisive claim that does nothing but worsen an already shit electoral climate. Its the same level of crazy as claiming Bidens going to take away your guns. Even if thats what he said he wanted, he lacks any way to do so.

        The only people actually goin to camps are immigrants and last I checked those are still open and functioning.

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      11 months ago

      He and the GOP have been shouting their intention to go full dictatorship for months now.

      It’s not sensationalized if its from the horse’s mouth.

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        11 months ago

        My favorite thing about this is somehow Biden has little power as president to materially change things without congress, even when he had a slim majority, but Trumps somehow single handedly gonna put democrats in camps. Its sensational bs thats never going to happen but you can use it to pretend you’re being victimized for being a liberal, you’re not.

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      11 months ago

      My concerns are generally not Trump as a person, but rather that his handlers are more organized and prepared. As an individual I think DeSantis is much more concerning, as far as actually implemented policy that is in effect and damaging today, and he’s also going to be around for a long time.

      I don’t think liberals are going to labor camps any time soon, but life could be much more difficult for many marginalized groups as conservatives seek out the new boogyman now that abortion doesn’t work as well.