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Several states have passed them or are working on them.
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I'm probably more concerned about the Republicans who've announced their growing intentions to simply steal elections if they don't like the outcome.
Holy crap am I happy I don't live in your world!They will stand all tests.
The courts have been packed with fascists. The state houses have been packed with fascists. The laws are being rewritten to prevent anyone who is not a fascist from voting.
This will end exactly the way it did last time fascists took over a government.
In 1945 the German cities were firebombed into the ground, the civilian population was slaughtered, and the state of Germany divided up by more responsible parties in the ROTW ( Rest Of The World ).
In 1945 the Japanese cities were burned off the face of the earth with nuclear fire. The firebombing and the nukes exterminated the Japanese civilian population. The government capitulated, and the ROTW rewrote the Japanese constitution for the pathetic survivors.
In 2030 the cities of the United States of America will be burned from the face of the planet. Nobody is going to bother rewriting the US constitution because there just is not going to be survivors. Besides, it was the government they voted into office.
"Kill Japs, Kill Japs, kill more Japs!" - Fleet Admiral William Federerick Halsey, United States Navy, 1945 ( https://www.google.com/search?q=kill+japs+kill+japs+kill+more+japs )
"Kill Americans, Kill Americans, kill more Americans!" - Fleet Admiral Liu Zhao, People's Republic of China, 2030 - on Aday, the United Nations invasion of the Americas to liberate the indigenous peoples and exterminate their evil oppressors
You do not think it happen that quickly? That is what the Japanese thought on Dec 7th, 1941.
If you look back at the propaganda used in WWII, you will see extreme rhetoric was common. It was the dehumanization of entire races of people that allowed for the extermination of their civilian populations.Holy crap am I happy I don't live in your world!
That's all correct. That's how wars were won at that time.If you look back at the propaganda used in WWII, you will see extreme rhetoric was common. It was the dehumanization of entire races of people that allowed for the extermination of their civilian populations.
and make no mistake about it, that is exactly what happened. Bombing the Dresden rail yard with wildly inaccurate fire bombs that did next to no damage to rail facilities may have been sold to the bomber crews as a "military target". But let us not ignore those same fire bombs turned the entire city into a burning inferior that consumed the oxygen needed for mammalian life resulting in mass civilian extermination.
Many people focus on the nukes, but they ignore firebombing of Japanese cities. The firebombing in Tokyo exterminated 130,000 civilians in one night.
What makes you think WWIII will be any different? Fascism always turns to an enemy to blame its failures on. Eventually it runs out of domestic enemies to murder, out of Jews, immigrants, Asians, gays, and people who are different. Eventually it always starts wars that it is forced to spiral into escalation to retain power.
Unless the slide into fascist government is changed, history is destined to repeat itself. There are no exceptions.
The last great wars were not won by moral superiority, or by military sophistication. They were won by exterminating the enemies civilian population. Lay all the frosting over the cruel truth you want after the fact, but that is what it was in the end. The only way to avoid said fate is to not to escalate the war to begin with. The problem is Fascist governments always escalate.
If you look back at the propaganda used in WWII, you will see extreme rhetoric was common. It was the dehumanization of entire races of people that allowed for the extermination of their civilian populations.
and make no mistake about it, that is exactly what happened. Bombing the Dresden rail yard with wildly inaccurate fire bombs that did next to no damage to rail facilities may have been sold to the bomber crews as a "military target". But let us not ignore those same fire bombs turned the entire city into a burning inferior that consumed the oxygen needed for mammalian life resulting in mass civilian extermination.
Many people focus on the nukes, but they ignore firebombing of Japanese cities. The firebombing in Tokyo exterminated 130,000 civilians in one night.
What makes you think WWIII will be any different? Fascism always turns to an enemy to blame its failures on. Eventually it runs out of domestic enemies to murder, out of Jews, immigrants, Asians, gays, and people who are different. Eventually fascism always starts wars that are forced to spiral into escalation to retain power.
Unless the slide into fascist government is changed, history is destined to repeat itself. There are no exceptions.
The last great wars were not won by moral superiority, or by military sophistication. They were won by exterminating the enemies civilian population. Lay all the frosting over the cruel truth you want after the fact, but that is what it was in the end. The only way to avoid said fate is to not to escalate the war to begin with. The problem is Fascist governments always escalate, and always lose due to their inherent corruption.
Look at 1930's Germany. Look at the demise of the Weimar republic. Look at the propaganda used by the Nazi's. Look at the delegitimization of elections. Look at the dehumanization of minorities. Look at the restrictions of who can vote. Recognize the republican party for what it has become.
Despite lies to the contrary, our elections are squeaky motherfucking clean.
-- Joseph Goebbels“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
Remember what would come up when you searched for "the big lie" a few years ago? The stuff about the Nazi's and all that?
Check out what shows up now:
https://www.google.com/search?q=the+big+lie
"Why Republicans won't walk away from the 'Big Lie ... - CNN"
"Opinion | The Big Lie has gotten so bad that even some ..."
"Trump's 'Big Lie' was bigger than just a stolen election - The ..."
-- Joseph Goebbels
The abyss stares up at you, and it is time to acknowledge the truth of what has become of America. Your truth means nothing when the right wing will happily embrace violence, intimidation, voter suppression, and election fraud* to embrace their "truth". We have already gone over the cliff, but as the fall has just begun people still delude themselves that they are not falling.
*https://www.google.com/search?q=blue+pens+arizona
*https://www.google.com/search?q=cyber+ninjas+election+fraud
Belief in the whole stolen election routine is a lot less prevalent than you claim, because it's obvious bullshit.
Those doubts are concentrated among Republicans, 70% of whom say they do not think Biden won enough votes to be president.
The problem is a large number of people willing to use violence believe that it did. They are lead by fascists who have realized they would rather believe the lie then believe the truth.No, there was not massive fraud across at least 3 states.
These are republicans we are talking about here.That didn't happen, and anybody with the sense God gave to gophers knows it didn't happen.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/30/politics/cnn-poll-voting-rights/index.html
The problem is a large number of people willing to use violence believe that it did. They are lead by fascists who have realized they would rather believe the lie then believe the truth.
These are republicans we are talking about here.
That does sound good. However the Republicans could utilize another Democrat win by saying, the fact that the Democrats win again is proof enough that the Democrats were lying and were wrong that the new voting laws were racist.If the voting assault stands then I guess the democrats and their minorities will just need to be more creative. For example, Sunday after church voting for Black folks might need to be rethought and reorganized. A major effort will need to be made by democrats to convince minorities, who are targeted by the voting assault, on how important their vote is. Just because one needs an ID for an absentee ballot or to drive further to find a ballot drop-off box should in itself not deter a voter from voting. With all of the new laws and restrictions, it still is legal to vote in the United States and in every state within, so if the assault on voting pisses you off then you need to get mad and fight them head to head at their own game. Get your ID, get your absentee ballot, find the dropbox, and if Sunday voting has been restricted then vote on the following Monday instead. If people can be convinced of what is at stake and how much their vote maters then democrats should be just fine. With or without the limits on voting it really comes down to the passion and determination of the voter to take part in the election.
Well, its not over yet
Racist relic caught creeping into new Texas voter suppression bill
Rachel Maddow looks back at how the phrase "purity of the ballot box" in the Texas constitution was used as the basis for excluding Black Americans from all-white primaries, and shares video of Texas State Rep. Rafael Anchía calling out Texas State Rep. Briscoe Cain, Republican chair of the...www.msnbc.com