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kentuck

(114,489 posts)
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 10:52 AM Friday

It is later than you think...

The promise of fascism is on our doorstep. But, at what price?

Everything they do is premised on a lie, masquerading as a "half-truth".

They will promise you safety and security. They will promise that the grass in your parks will look like golf courses. They will promise you wealth beyond compare. They will distort reality and attempt to re-write history. They will tell you how great you are doing.

But, what must you surrender?

First of all, you must surrender your freedom to move around as you wish. They will intimidate and instill fear in the citizenry. People will be afraid of being arrested or deported, or sent to a foreign prison, even by accident. You will lose the freedom to assemble.

You will become afraid to speak up because they may show up at your door asking for an explanation. If you cannot assure them of your loyalty to the regime, you may very well be taken to jail. They will not read your rights to you. You will surrender your freedom of speech.

The Bill of Rights and the Constitution will be nothing but a piece of paper.

We need to change our mindset. The battle is not coming. It is here.

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It is later than you think... (Original Post) kentuck Friday OP
AGREED JBTaurus83 Friday #1
No matter who wins the next election... kentuck Friday #3
The people who scare me the most gab13by13 Friday #2
Definitely delusional. kentuck Friday #4
The fascsts are on the march and Schumer et al are waiting in his office to accept their surrender. flashman13 Friday #8
The cake is already baked Johnny2X2X Friday #5
We are an occupied nation berniesandersmittens Friday #6
...and our nation's Capital is under siege. spanone Friday #11
yes SonOfNebanaube Saturday #16
We have been at war for almost a decade, Hornedfrog2000 Friday #7
more like 80 years or more. quietly nibbling at things now the gates are open. AllaN01Bear Friday #13
wrong SonOfNebanaube Saturday #17
The only reason this is happening is because of the RWRE's Nigrum Cattus Friday #9
Hear, HEAR! ZDU Friday #10
Also the right wing noise machine yliza Friday #14
I believe that FASCISM popsdenver Friday #12
With a subservient and uneducated cult behind them... kentuck Friday #15

JBTaurus83

(603 posts)
1. AGREED
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 10:56 AM
Friday

with all of the gerrymandering, vote rigging, and potential investigations of the Democratic Party, they would turn us into a toothless token party like the "Communist" party of Russia. Opposition in name only.

kentuck

(114,489 posts)
3. No matter who wins the next election...
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 10:59 AM
Friday

They will say it was rigged and will refuse to leave.

Who is going to demand it? They will be surrounded and protected by military and the police.

They will not surrender power.

gab13by13

(29,461 posts)
2. The people who scare me the most
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 10:58 AM
Friday

Are the one’s in Chuck Schumer’s camp who believe that all will be well because Krasnov will burn it all down and that will allow Dems to win back Congress.

kentuck

(114,489 posts)
4. Definitely delusional.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 11:00 AM
Friday

By the time they realize the water is boiling, they are already cooked.

flashman13

(1,482 posts)
8. The fascsts are on the march and Schumer et al are waiting in his office to accept their surrender.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 12:38 PM
Friday

I will be polite and describe Democratic laedership as feckless.

Johnny2X2X

(23,223 posts)
5. The cake is already baked
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 11:01 AM
Friday

Doesn't mean we don't continue to fight. But we have autocracy in this country now, that is clear for all to see. And these people don't just give power up because of some elections.

berniesandersmittens

(12,338 posts)
6. We are an occupied nation
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 11:18 AM
Friday

Occupied by our own federal government.

From US troops/ICE in our cities, to federal ICE agents embedded deep in our rural towns.

Fascism is breaking in. We are under attack.

SonOfNebanaube

(50 posts)
16. yes
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 10:53 PM
Saturday

But if we fall apart then it all dissolves as Russia wins while half of this country celebrates. We absolutely cannot allow that to happen.

Hornedfrog2000

(763 posts)
7. We have been at war for almost a decade,
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 12:26 PM
Friday

And democrats are just now starting to realize how serious this is. For the people who have been screaming their lungs out this entire time, it feels like we are too late.

I fully believe democrats should be stating these are war like actions being taken by russians, etc. They have fully infiltrated our government. They have kompromant, etc. They own our entire government. We cant even get entrenched democrats to go after their buddies on the other side.

SonOfNebanaube

(50 posts)
17. wrong
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 10:54 PM
Saturday

We have been at war since 1992. Fourty years and we still don't admit it. We fought the proxy forces now the true enemy has been revealed.The moment Putin fist bumped MBS it was clear. It's been Putin all along. Don't worry about Iranian sleeper cells. Worry about Russian sleeper cells. Aka. a motivating faction of bikers for Trump

Nigrum Cattus

(909 posts)
9. The only reason this is happening is because of the RWRE's
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 01:03 PM
Friday

this is right wing religious extremism funded and manipulated
by the billionaires. Not politics

yliza

(170 posts)
14. Also the right wing noise machine
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 01:42 PM
Friday

Right wing radio, Fox News et al, right wing podcasts. Fire hoses of disinformation designed to rile people up and keep them afraid.

popsdenver

(266 posts)
12. I believe that FASCISM
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 01:35 PM
Friday

here in the U.S. is fairly well established at this point.

I also think that it isn't often stated that it has been driven by the U.S. Corporations, and the uber rich oligarchs that own/operate them......

The simplest definition of Fascism is: The merging of Corporations and Government.

The Uber Wealthy Corporations have financed this "New" Republicans take over, including the 90+% Republican owned/operated Media..

These same Republican Corporations have welcomed/allowed the humongous financial assistance of Russia/Putin, laundered through the infamous NRA.
The Russian Corporate Oligarchs were able to donate tens of millions thru the NRA to Trump and Republican Candidates in 2016.
All in plain sight and right under our noses............

The Republicans corrupted the election in 1980 and nothing was said or done......
The Republicans corrupted the election in 2000 and nothing was said or done......
The Republicans corrupted the election in 2004 and nothing was said or done.....
The Republicans corrupted the election in 2016 and nothing was said or done....
It is highly suspected that the Republicans (with the help of Musk) corrupted the 2024 election as the final nail in the Coffin of our beloved Democracy and our constitution, as well as ANY rule of law...........

WASF

kentuck

(114,489 posts)
15. With a subservient and uneducated cult behind them...
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 01:47 PM
Friday

They have taken control of almost all of our government and institutions, with the possible exception of a few judges and a weakened opposition Party.

The corporate media is afraid to tell the people what is happening. They can show the FBI raiding the home of John Bolton, but they don't tell us what it means? They can show the military in the streets of our Capitol, but they don't honestly say why they are there and what does it mean? They can show people being abducted and beaten and disappeared but they do not pursue the matter.

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