Interesting, do you think a 1940s Germany is on the way? And in what sense, if so?
I do.
I think that he's doing everything that evil cnut did back then, to establish ultimate & irrevocable power now, legally.
He's created a common enemy for the unwashed masses who believe his shite. He's denigrating scientists and teachers, and anybody who speaks up against him. He's already working on shutting down any media that doesn't support him. He's gerrymandering state voting maps to make it mathematically impossible for democratic elections to actually happen. Texas just passed laws that makes any election irrelevant. We already know that he cannot lose.
He's pardoned 100% of the Jan 6th insurrectionists. He's just put into motion a new law that will require ALL 50 states to recertify themselves as legally entitled to certify election results. And guess who's in charge of approving that recertification...? So, bottom line, he will soon be LEGALLY entitled to reject the election results of ANY state, for ANY reason.
He's normalized political violence. He's normalized masked police snatching citizens off the streets without cause or identification. He's ignoring the constitution. He's breaking any governmental rule that doesn't suit his needs. He's pandering to Putin. He faked his own assassination attempt, ffs. It's only a matter of time before he declares martial law practically everywhere.
He'll NOT accept any election results that show anything but landslide victories for him and his cronies. Regardless, by then, he'll have invented a reason to justify staying on, that will all have stemmed from what he's doing today. He'll deport millions of legally documented citizen, continue to promote ignorance and misogyny and his political opponents will systematically disappear.
He WILL NOT give up power in 3 years. He tried not to 5 years ago, remember? Only reason he gave it back then was because the Joint Chiefs refused his direct orders to surround the White House and serve him in his military coup. By the time the middle third of this population realizes what their apathy and laziness has allowed to happen (by not voting against it), it'll be far too late. It already is. Losing last year sealed this country's fate.
And his base will never believe anything other than he's the 2nd coming... He could literally murder their best friends, and these cretins would instantly excuse him. Not enough people realize just how fucked this place is now, and how increasingly dangerous life is going to be over here from here on out.
I remember asking Mam why the rest of the world didn't stop what happened in the 30's, when I was a child. 'Because they didn't know until it was already too late' was her answer. Well, we don't have that excuse this time around... We're watching him dismantle the democratic process in front of our eyes, and people are too spineless, too dumb, or too invested to stop it.
And then, in 3 years, they'll all go "We didn't see this coming...".
Fuck right off with that bullshit. I've been telling you all this for 10 years now. And I'm not alone. People just don't want to listen.