• danekrae@lemmy.world
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    At that point you need to basically launch a military occupation to keep power.

    Like armed, masked people snatching people? Or like the people he just gave a bunch of money to, or like the forces he used on people for a photo-op?

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      Exactly like that, but he needs an order of magnitude more thugs to actually pull it off.

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        So if it does happen, will you say something like “we couldn’t have done anything to stop it”, “how could we have known” or “the only thing we can do now is to protest”?

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          No, When Trump tries to retain power, it will result in a civil war. Not a “clean” North v South war, but a quagmire of sectarian violence.

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            When Trump tries to retain power, it will result in a civil war

            Are you talking about the last time he tried or next time?

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              The last time failed, and because nothing was done to prevent it, the next time will be extremely violent.

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        It only takes a few mean-looking white supremacist types loitering in front of the polling station to turn away a lot of not-so-white people. Or better, masked ICE agents.

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          A few at each polling station maybe, or a few dozen. And despite the numbers, Trump doesn’t have enough.