“We have become a country where people are disappeared by a paramilitary force that hunts them down in their apartments, on city streets and country roads.”
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“We have become a country where people are disappeared by a paramilitary force that hunts them down in their apartments, on city streets and country roads.”
"We have become a country where a person can be summarily executed in public for protesting that paramilitary force.”
"We have become a country whose federal government deploys military and paramilitary forces in the streets of its major cities, terrorizing the residents in the guise of protecting them.” (1/2)
@gleick without any real opposition. Welcome to today's USA.
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“We have become a country where people are disappeared by a paramilitary force that hunts them down in their apartments, on city streets and country roads.”
"We have become a country where a person can be summarily executed in public for protesting that paramilitary force.”
"We have become a country whose federal government deploys military and paramilitary forces in the streets of its major cities, terrorizing the residents in the guise of protecting them.” (1/2)
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“We have become a country where people are disappeared by a paramilitary force that hunts them down in their apartments, on city streets and country roads.”
"We have become a country where a person can be summarily executed in public for protesting that paramilitary force.”
"We have become a country whose federal government deploys military and paramilitary forces in the streets of its major cities, terrorizing the residents in the guise of protecting them.” (1/2)
@gleick "become" is carrying a lot of water here. Now it's just more obvious.
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“We are a country ruled by a megalomaniac whose views are openly hateful and proudly ignorant, whose avarice knows no bounds and whose claim to power is absolute. Foreign leaders try to appease him with flattery and curry his favor with gifts.”
@gleick Is it just Trump? What would happen if Trump, now elderly, died suddenly? Would Vance be better? Would the US government improve, or would it just be one face replaced by another?
It's true that Trump's narcissism, ego, and megalomania border on insanity. Which makes me wonder... if you feed the ego of someone so absurdly crazy with whispers and advice, could you get them to act in a planned way according to the wishes of those who whisper and advise?
I mean, Trump is the storefront. If you change the storefront, the store will still be there.
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@gleick Is it just Trump? What would happen if Trump, now elderly, died suddenly? Would Vance be better? Would the US government improve, or would it just be one face replaced by another?
It's true that Trump's narcissism, ego, and megalomania border on insanity. Which makes me wonder... if you feed the ego of someone so absurdly crazy with whispers and advice, could you get them to act in a planned way according to the wishes of those who whisper and advise?
I mean, Trump is the storefront. If you change the storefront, the store will still be there.
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@gleick Is it just Trump? What would happen if Trump, now elderly, died suddenly? Would Vance be better? Would the US government improve, or would it just be one face replaced by another?
It's true that Trump's narcissism, ego, and megalomania border on insanity. Which makes me wonder... if you feed the ego of someone so absurdly crazy with whispers and advice, could you get them to act in a planned way according to the wishes of those who whisper and advise?
I mean, Trump is the storefront. If you change the storefront, the store will still be there.
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Masha Gessen. It needs to be said, and it needs to be felt.
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Yes good piece!
More should read this, so I add the link to its already archived version, if that's not okay let me know and I will remove it. -
In the EU we have tried to appease him assuming he was like the flu: it will pass.
But I think we all are slowly coming to the realization that it is not; that trumpism it is more likely to be a chronic condition.
Time to look for alternatives to the US, then. The first big treaty have already been signed.
The US needs to bridle that psycho ASAP.
Our hope here is that the non-voters who stayed home in 2024 will join with the Republicans who thought they wouldn’t be harmed by #Trump, and both will join the liberals who never wanted any of this, to push Trump and his party out of power in the midterms.
Yes, there’s no guarantee, and yes it will be difficult, and YES it is worth striving for. Hopefully enough people will understand.
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In the EU we have tried to appease him assuming he was like the flu: it will pass.
But I think we all are slowly coming to the realization that it is not; that trumpism it is more likely to be a chronic condition.
Time to look for alternatives to the US, then. The first big treaty have already been signed.
The US needs to bridle that psycho ASAP.
@jgg @gleick The thing about the flu is that sometimes it doesn't pass. Like Covid and other viruses, sometimes you don't get better -- and every time you get sick with that virus, the odds of ending up with a chronic illness go up exponentially.
We got infected with variant 2.0 before we'd actually gotten over 1.0; there's definitely been measurable organ damage, and the odds of us ending up with Long MAGA are, unfortunately, extremely high.
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Masha Gessen. It needs to be said, and it needs to be felt.
@gleick No there won’t be new elections. The moment an ICE cop gets killed in the streets and this is very likely to happen, trump will call it “we are at war” and/or call out Martial Law. He’s waiting for this incident. “No more elections”, he promised. “Vote for me and you don’t have to vote any more”. “ You don’t have to bother, we’ll do it for you!” “No more waiting at polling stations anymore”.
He all ‘promised’ this.
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In the EU we have tried to appease him assuming he was like the flu: it will pass.
But I think we all are slowly coming to the realization that it is not; that trumpism it is more likely to be a chronic condition.
Time to look for alternatives to the US, then. The first big treaty have already been signed.
The US needs to bridle that psycho ASAP.
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@gleick Is it just Trump? What would happen if Trump, now elderly, died suddenly? Would Vance be better? Would the US government improve, or would it just be one face replaced by another?
It's true that Trump's narcissism, ego, and megalomania border on insanity. Which makes me wonder... if you feed the ego of someone so absurdly crazy with whispers and advice, could you get them to act in a planned way according to the wishes of those who whisper and advise?
I mean, Trump is the storefront. If you change the storefront, the store will still be there.
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In the EU we have tried to appease him assuming he was like the flu: it will pass.
But I think we all are slowly coming to the realization that it is not; that trumpism it is more likely to be a chronic condition.
Time to look for alternatives to the US, then. The first big treaty have already been signed.
The US needs to bridle that psycho ASAP.
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“We are a country ruled by a megalomaniac whose views are openly hateful and proudly ignorant, whose avarice knows no bounds and whose claim to power is absolute. Foreign leaders try to appease him with flattery and curry his favor with gifts.”
@gleick ... for now
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In the EU we have tried to appease him assuming he was like the flu: it will pass.
But I think we all are slowly coming to the realization that it is not; that trumpism it is more likely to be a chronic condition.
Time to look for alternatives to the US, then. The first big treaty have already been signed.
The US needs to bridle that psycho ASAP.
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In the EU we have tried to appease him assuming he was like the flu: it will pass.
But I think we all are slowly coming to the realization that it is not; that trumpism it is more likely to be a chronic condition.
Time to look for alternatives to the US, then. The first big treaty have already been signed.
The US needs to bridle that psycho ASAP.
Fascism doesn't pass simply because its leader is ousted or dies.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/13/alito-supreme-court-far-right-tiesLook at Germany, still having to deal with fascist aristocrats a century later.
Heinrich XIII
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/06/five-jailed-for-far-right-plot-to-overthrow-german-government
German ‘Reichsbuerger’ coup plotters go on trial: Is democracy at stake?
The ‘Reichsbuerger’ movement was planning to overthrow the German government. Is the threat of a coup real?
Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)
Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup
A far-right group is suspected of planning to storm parliament and install an aristocrat as leader.
(www.bbc.com)
Germany bans extremist movement and arrests self-declared 'king' Peter
Police arrest the leaders of Germany's largest Reichsbürger faction, that calls itself "Kingdom of Germany".
(www.bbc.com)
Same with the UK
https://www.onlondon.co.uk/nigel-farage-and-oswald-mosley-their-london-endeavours-compared/
The Disturbing History of Royal Infatuation With Hitler
From Edward, Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson to Princess Mafalda of Italy, many royal houses are still grappling with their family’s collaboration with the Nazis.
Vanity Fair (www.vanityfair.com)
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Our hope here is that the non-voters who stayed home in 2024 will join with the Republicans who thought they wouldn’t be harmed by #Trump, and both will join the liberals who never wanted any of this, to push Trump and his party out of power in the midterms.
Yes, there’s no guarantee, and yes it will be difficult, and YES it is worth striving for. Hopefully enough people will understand.
@mister_shade02X2 @jgg @gleick Unless by the time those voters would get a chance to vote US has become another russia where “voting” no longer is possible.
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@jgg @gleick The thing about the flu is that sometimes it doesn't pass. Like Covid and other viruses, sometimes you don't get better -- and every time you get sick with that virus, the odds of ending up with a chronic illness go up exponentially.
We got infected with variant 2.0 before we'd actually gotten over 1.0; there's definitely been measurable organ damage, and the odds of us ending up with Long MAGA are, unfortunately, extremely high.
@gypsyvegan @jgg @gleick Brilliantly written
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