Should we use force to stop Trump at this point?
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Step one: there must be a 2028 presidential election.
That is not guaranteed to happen. Not with the regime in power.
DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 1 week ago
The problem with American politics is that it affects the whole world but the rest of the world doesn’t get a say. If you organize armed resistance against 47, that becomes very active when he declares himself king with no more elections, you are looking at a civil war 2.0. The right-wing supporters are already armed and organized, you’d give them something to shoot at. And the standing military will probably majority side more with the other side. At the same time, while the US is distracted by killing each other at a higher rate than usual, China will grab Taiwan, Russia will push through to the Elbe river, etc. So it would be better for the rest of the world if you could not solve this predicament by force/assassination. Protest, strikes, use politics. But I can totally understand why the sentiment to use the 2nd amendment for its stated purpose for a change is an appealing option.
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
… How would that even work
scarabic@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Since even the world’s worst dictators still hold sham elections, I conclude that there will be an election, and they will focus on how to cheat to win. If they even need to that is. This is way easier to do and conceal than canceling the election.