▲ 879 ▼ It’s not alarmist: A second Trump term really is an extinction-level threat to democracy (www.vox.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 219 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 42 points 2 years ago (1 child) If American democracy elects Trump, then your version of it has already failed. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) The fact he's a consideration for the presidency again means we're already broken beyond repair, he'd just be the tombstone. We'll have fascists shoot Americans in the street and fully protected by the law (and not just the cops who do it) before we ever have a candidate who can give us Universal Healthcare and a better minimum wage. A wake up call to fix the Democracy was in 2000, and we did nothing. We all ignored our complaints when 9/11 happened, and then did nothing when Trump won in 2016. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] 4grams@awful.systems 2 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) The fact he's a consideration for the presidency again means we're already broken beyond repair, he'd just be the tombstone. We'll have fascists shoot Americans in the street and fully protected by the law (and not just the cops who do it) before we ever have a candidate who can give us Universal Healthcare and a better minimum wage. A wake up call to fix the Democracy was in 2000, and we did nothing. We all ignored our complaints when 9/11 happened, and then did nothing when Trump won in 2016. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] 4grams@awful.systems 2 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent