Is a coup still ‘electoralism’?

  • BookOfTheBread [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Not seen many democrat supporting Militias. Moot point though as you say if he does go for it it will all be done legally, the dems are wet paper bags and will offer only token resistance if he gets a legal victory through the court.

    • Chomsky [comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Militias? No. The ability to mobilizes 100s of thousands of protestors in virtually every city in the country? Yes.

      • lvysaur [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        counterpoint: trump's side is infinitely more fanatical, more dedicated, more united and more armed, and definitely willing to give up their time to drive into cities for protests

        • Chomsky [comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          I agree, but I don't think that it's likely to keep him in power via a decsive power grab. I do think it's very likely to lead to widespread violence similar to the troubles in Ireland on a scale orders of magnitude larger.

          I think you could make the point that that would create enough of a smoke screen to keep him in the white house, but I think at that point you have chaos on a level where basically anything could happen.

          My guess would be that at some point the DoD would just say enough is enough and either take control directly, or take control through a puppet president.

          It's all just speculation though at the end of the day, and frankly I don't think any of this changes what the strategy should be on the left aside from probably a far greater emphasis on personal and online safety than was necessary in the past.