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[benji]

Since you keep putting words in people's mouths I'll point out that Trump doesn't have to be a dictator who cancels elections for us to move to a situation where elections stop mattering and keep spitting out Trump lackeys over and over.
Hey, perfect opportunity to point out that I actually didn't say these things but you have claimed I have many times in the thread, so fuck off with it. Plenty of people in the thread have pointed out how easily and quickly the slide into Orbanism can be, which is precisely the kind of permanent minority rule I am concerned about. You don't need to declare yourself dictator for life in order for the elections to stop meaning anything with no way to easily undo it. To me that is a democracy as good as dead. Do not quote me again.

lmao at all the posts attacking that Mr. RPG guy for not being a lunatic who thinks democracy is already dead:

No offence but this now reads as trolling. You're not even engaging directly with the comments that have already walked you through why this is silly a comment.

Mr. RPG has done this sort of thing before, he's a poster who argues in bad faith and obsesses over semantics. Just put him on ignore and move on.

Even though none of them can explain how Trump can seize power already and just yell "PROJECT 2025" at him.

Also fatty is fat:

Kind of speechless to be honest. I'm not used to seeing this on Era.

Really? Because as a mod let me tell you...

But you know what, this mindset is bigger than Era. And before I say what I'm going to say I want to absolutely be clear that I'm in no way implying that Democrats don't deserve to be criticized and held accountable for their failures. They absolutely do.

That said, you can talk to a lot of people on the left --- from center-left to progressive far-left -- who spend the lion's share of their efforts attacking Democrats, and if you dig deep, no actually even if you just scratch a little bit, you find that what is motivating that for a lot of people is an absolute refusal to believe that Trump (and Republicans under him) are actually all that dangerous.

The jesterfication of Donald Trump is honestly the most dangerous thing about him. It's why I'll never find him funny, I will ALWAYS side-eye people who do, and I will always side-eye people who go to great lengths to attack Democrats but can barely muster a "Pfft! Of course we know he's bad!" when it comes to Trump. Because bull-fucking-shit you do.