Dictator Historian Answers America's Biggest Question
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Date: 2026-07-10
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paulwilhite7109
If Democracy is free and fair elections where the citizens elect the leaders of their choice then the answer is its already dead it died in November 2024. 81 million people voted for Biden in 2020 because they believed Trump was a threat to Democracy. I am suppose to believe that out of 81 million only 75 million showed up after Jan 6, New York courts convicted 34 times Colorado courts found Trump planned and participated in an insurrection against the United States the Colorado Supreme Court upheld that finding courts in DC and Georgia found enough probable cause to indict for election interference ( Georgia )and stealing classified documents (DC) and project 2025 was published in a book a year before the election and 6 million people decided he was not a threat and maybe even voted for him. The odds of losing one election by 7 million votes
Biden 2020 (81 million votes ) Trump 2020(73 million ) yes i know the difference is 8 million but going with 7 to not over state estimates To 2024 Harris (75 million )Trump (77 million ) is very very low.
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If Democracy is free and fair elections where the citizens elect the leaders of their choice then the answer is its already dead it died in November 2024. 81 million people voted for Biden in 2020 because they believed Trump was a threat to Democracy. I am suppose to believe that out of 81 million only 75 million showed up after Jan 6, New York courts convicted 34 times Colorado courts found Trump planned and participated in an insurrection against the United States the Colorado Supreme Court upheld that finding courts in DC and Georgia found enough probable cause to indict for election interference ( Georgia )and stealing classified documents (DC) and project 2025 was published in a book a year before the election and 6 million people decided he was not a threat and maybe even voted for him. The odds of losing one election by 7 million votes
Biden 2020 (81 million votes ) Trump 2020(73 million ) yes i know the difference is 8 million but going with 7 to not over state estimates To 2024 Harris (75 million )Trump (77 million ) is very very low.
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sneakyirishman7090
Democracy in the US doesn’t really exist anymore. The oligarchy/corporations controls the outcomes of most policy outcomes. I think I remember it being something like 60-90percent of the time. What we call democracy is pretty much just a veneer.
The 2nd T administration is just making it more obvious now, showing the corruption openly. He’s purging the career civil servants in the executive branch and the military leadership has been replaced with those who are loyal to T and/or conservatives/republicans agenda, as well as all the military JAGs who would tell military leaders and soldiers who would tell them whether a given or proposed action was illegal or not. It’s highly possible that if T decides to initiate a civil war/coup, the military leadership may very well go along with it.
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Democracy in the US doesn’t really exist anymore. The oligarchy/corporations controls the outcomes of most policy outcomes. I think I remember it being something like 60-90percent of the time. What we call democracy is pretty much just a veneer.
The 2nd T administration is just making it more obvious now, showing the corruption openly. He’s purging the career civil servants in the executive branch and the military leadership has been replaced with those who are loyal to T and/or conservatives/republicans agenda, as well as all the military JAGs who would tell military leaders and soldiers who would tell them whether a given or proposed action was illegal or not. It’s highly possible that if T decides to initiate a civil war/coup, the military leadership may very well go along with it.
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GenXAerie
Yes. The idealism that most people believe the USA is based upon, is and has always been a lie. It never truly existed. It's an inspirational rouse devised to champion and disguise the ambitions of the uber-wealthy. The elite class. It is the same in the colonies' mother Britain and all the social democracies of Europe - as well as the entire western world. Feudal life had simply been re-purposed as patriotism, but the underlying greed has always been there. We live in a new age where the powers that be have simply amassed enough power to stop caring about the rouse. Any defeat of this order would not be some fantasized return to some righteous, by-gone era - but instead be an entirely NEW system of governance. One that we believed we had - one that were were taught we had, but in truth, was a mirage.
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Yes. The idealism that most people believe the USA is based upon, is and has always been a lie. It never truly existed. It's an inspirational rouse devised to champion and disguise the ambitions of the uber-wealthy. The elite class. It is the same in the colonies' mother Britain and all the social democracies of Europe - as well as the entire western world. Feudal life had simply been re-purposed as patriotism, but the underlying greed has always been there. We live in a new age where the powers that be have simply amassed enough power to stop caring about the rouse. Any defeat of this order would not be some fantasized return to some righteous, by-gone era - but instead be an entirely NEW system of governance. One that we believed we had - one that were were taught we had, but in truth, was a mirage.
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MiffedMuffin
It is more than a LITTLE funny to show self-described Marxist-Leninist Hasan Piker at 07: 02, who self-admittedly LOVES China, and not in spite of it its autocratic features, as somehow a fighter for journalistic freedom. On his trip to China, he didn't just excuse but fully justified the Chinese police forcing him to hand over his phone, so they could check it for either spying or anti-Chinese/Mao memes/sentiment. Imagine his reaction if that happened in the US.
Being anti-Trump does not make you pro free speech. He's just on the opposite end of the political horseshoe. Weird to platform him as anything but. I guess some journalists over at Wired thinks he's hot and therefore good/smart or something.
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It is more than a LITTLE funny to show self-described Marxist-Leninist Hasan Piker at 07: 02, who self-admittedly LOVES China, and not in spite of it its autocratic features, as somehow a fighter for journalistic freedom. On his trip to China, he didn't just excuse but fully justified the Chinese police forcing him to hand over his phone, so they could check it for either spying or anti-Chinese/Mao memes/sentiment. Imagine his reaction if that happened in the US.
Being anti-Trump does not make you pro free speech. He's just on the opposite end of the political horseshoe. Weird to platform him as anything but. I guess some journalists over at Wired thinks he's hot and therefore good/smart or something.
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michaelsalmon9832
liberals and the left in america (such as it can be called that) understand democracy to just mean the democrats win elections. except when the democrats do win elections, they just do whatever the plutocracy wants anyway. which means not doing anything. an end to democracy would mean the republicans rig the game so they win in perpetuity. but what would that actually change nothing. democracy would be just as dead, no matter who wins elections. neoliberal capitalism has already killed democracy worldwide and none of you have batted an eye.
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liberals and the left in america (such as it can be called that) understand democracy to just mean the democrats win elections. except when the democrats do win elections, they just do whatever the plutocracy wants anyway. which means not doing anything. an end to democracy would mean the republicans rig the game so they win in perpetuity. but what would that actually change nothing. democracy would be just as dead, no matter who wins elections. neoliberal capitalism has already killed democracy worldwide and none of you have batted an eye.
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ronaldocost4
The people who judged Bolsonaro don't know what's at stake because they were alive during the dictatorship, they have no problem taking away people's rights and freedoms, like the fines for those who installed a VPN a while ago, and the blocking of many social media platforms because they spoke out against the government.
What they know are their interests, because they are also corrupt and a disgrace, so they are just removing the competition. Especially important now that Lula is getting older and there is no one to replace him.
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The people who judged Bolsonaro don't know what's at stake because they were alive during the dictatorship, they have no problem taking away people's rights and freedoms, like the fines for those who installed a VPN a while ago, and the blocking of many social media platforms because they spoke out against the government.
What they know are their interests, because they are also corrupt and a disgrace, so they are just removing the competition. Especially important now that Lula is getting older and there is no one to replace him.
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morganland47
Media capture by the far right started decades before Trump announced his candidacy in 2015. So many other things were happening before that (Jim Crow, Communist witchhunts, Republican interference with peace talks to benefit Nixon, Reagan, etc. etc. It’s only now that the entire system is near collapse that the left is seriously worried. No wonder so many people don’t vote since both parties, the only parties that matter, are funded by corporations and oligarchs. What does democracy in America even mean
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Media capture by the far right started decades before Trump announced his candidacy in 2015. So many other things were happening before that (Jim Crow, Communist witchhunts, Republican interference with peace talks to benefit Nixon, Reagan, etc. etc. It’s only now that the entire system is near collapse that the left is seriously worried. No wonder so many people don’t vote since both parties, the only parties that matter, are funded by corporations and oligarchs. What does democracy in America even mean
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MrNommerz
Lol it sounded like she was hopeful for American democracy, but it seems like all of the signs of developing autocracy are being shown in the US. The thing is I think everybody is thinking that Trump will be the dictator if anybody, but I think it's the opposite. He's so unpopular and incompetent that he actually will get voted out, but he's setup the next person who gets in charge to take the reigns and complete the process of concentrating basically all governmental power in the executive branch.
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Lol it sounded like she was hopeful for American democracy, but it seems like all of the signs of developing autocracy are being shown in the US. The thing is I think everybody is thinking that Trump will be the dictator if anybody, but I think it's the opposite. He's so unpopular and incompetent that he actually will get voted out, but he's setup the next person who gets in charge to take the reigns and complete the process of concentrating basically all governmental power in the executive branch.
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patrickarraes4422
6: 50 England is trying to silence any independent person for speaking out against it. I do agree with her sentiment, but she is also very bias by only focusing on right wing dictatorship, she doesn't mention China, England censorships, Cuba or even Brazil that had left wing power for almost then 20 years (Lula has been in presidency for 12 years, his subordinate Dilma for 6 years. If we are going to talk about the end of democracy, lets talk about all dictators, left and right.
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6: 50 England is trying to silence any independent person for speaking out against it. I do agree with her sentiment, but she is also very bias by only focusing on right wing dictatorship, she doesn't mention China, England censorships, Cuba or even Brazil that had left wing power for almost then 20 years (Lula has been in presidency for 12 years, his subordinate Dilma for 6 years. If we are going to talk about the end of democracy, lets talk about all dictators, left and right.
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mcguinnessus
January 6 was nearly successful. Had it been so, democracy would have died then and there. The Biden administration had 4 years to strengthen our democracy, and they squandered it all, and there are less safeguards now than before. I'd love to be optimistic, but a self-coup that barely failed last time would succeed this time if tried, and democracy will die if it does. We can all come back here in 2 1/2 years and see how it played out.
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January 6 was nearly successful. Had it been so, democracy would have died then and there. The Biden administration had 4 years to strengthen our democracy, and they squandered it all, and there are less safeguards now than before. I'd love to be optimistic, but a self-coup that barely failed last time would succeed this time if tried, and democracy will die if it does. We can all come back here in 2 1/2 years and see how it played out.
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rs8197-dms
I am not sure exactly what democracy is. You think you do well, just consider the following. In the US, the election process is far closer to a popularity contest than what is normally considered to be democracy. The president appears to be entirely unfettered, exerting very nearly total control over every facet of government. Is the US democratic I don't know.
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I am not sure exactly what democracy is. You think you do well, just consider the following. In the US, the election process is far closer to a popularity contest than what is normally considered to be democracy. The president appears to be entirely unfettered, exerting very nearly total control over every facet of government. Is the US democratic I don't know.
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NeedleWorkerMore
Signs of decline in democracy
Electoral manipulation
Weaponized government
Press intimidation
Normalisation of extremism
transfer of power crisis
This is happening right infront of eyes in US, UK, India. etc.
Founding fathers, freedom fighters of these countries are turning over in their graves. what a time to be alive.
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Signs of decline in democracy
Electoral manipulation
Weaponized government
Press intimidation
Normalisation of extremism
transfer of power crisis
This is happening right infront of eyes in US, UK, India. etc.
Founding fathers, freedom fighters of these countries are turning over in their graves. what a time to be alive.
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Javdoc
The problem is there's been no accountability for any of this. The election interference, J6, any number of PERFECT CALLS, patently illegal/unconstitutional acts. the never-ending grift and fraud, flaunting of legal judgements. The list goes on and on. Unless and until those in power face real justice, we will continue our slide into autocracy unabated.
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The problem is there's been no accountability for any of this. The election interference, J6, any number of PERFECT CALLS, patently illegal/unconstitutional acts. the never-ending grift and fraud, flaunting of legal judgements. The list goes on and on. Unless and until those in power face real justice, we will continue our slide into autocracy unabated.
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ronaldocost4
You speak as if it were bad guy VS good guy.
They are all bad guys.
Just because they follow the law in the light and haven't got caught for what they do in the shadows, doesn't mean they're good guys. They are not. No politician is. Good people don't become politicians. They wouldn't survive a week.
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You speak as if it were bad guy VS good guy.
They are all bad guys.
Just because they follow the law in the light and haven't got caught for what they do in the shadows, doesn't mean they're good guys. They are not. No politician is. Good people don't become politicians. They wouldn't survive a week.
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morganland47
Does it ever occur to people that the reason the word accountability is always mentioned is precisely because there is so little of it The same reason that people who are in terrible shape are always talking about health and diets. The problem is that so many people have lost faith in American ideals.
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Does it ever occur to people that the reason the word accountability is always mentioned is precisely because there is so little of it The same reason that people who are in terrible shape are always talking about health and diets. The problem is that so many people have lost faith in American ideals.
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lisaahmari7199
The Supreme Court just gave trump the ability to fire WITHOUT CAUSE the heads of Independent Agencies, and replace them with loyalists. The Supreme Court is why we are here, more than any other entity. It is breathtaking how they do not even attempt to disguise their desire for a fascist government.
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The Supreme Court just gave trump the ability to fire WITHOUT CAUSE the heads of Independent Agencies, and replace them with loyalists. The Supreme Court is why we are here, more than any other entity. It is breathtaking how they do not even attempt to disguise their desire for a fascist government.
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ronaldocost4
Stop spreading misinformation. ICE agents are after illegals, not after those groups. And all the problems, although many, too many, and should be investigated and brought to justice, were very few compared to the hundreds of thousands of illegals who were deported. Literally less than 0. 1%.
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Stop spreading misinformation. ICE agents are after illegals, not after those groups. And all the problems, although many, too many, and should be investigated and brought to justice, were very few compared to the hundreds of thousands of illegals who were deported. Literally less than 0. 1%.
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ericcarabetta1161
Unfortunately all the people on the correct side of history are completely spineless, and despite having the will of the people they’ll fail to stand up to the fascists who have psychotic levels of energy to destroy everything that people enjoy. The outlook is not good.
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Unfortunately all the people on the correct side of history are completely spineless, and despite having the will of the people they’ll fail to stand up to the fascists who have psychotic levels of energy to destroy everything that people enjoy. The outlook is not good.
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AvelierPlays
The United States has never been or believed in democracy.
Its been involved in coups and installing puppet governments for decades, even to this day around the world.
Does that sound to you like a nation that believes in democracy and freedom
I don’t think so
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The United States has never been or believed in democracy.
Its been involved in coups and installing puppet governments for decades, even to this day around the world.
Does that sound to you like a nation that believes in democracy and freedom
I don’t think so
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raaaarrrrrrrr
Last Spring, putting ICE agents into airports to cover for the TSA is a perfect example of normalization. Get people used to seeing them in public places like airports. So, this coming fall, people won't see it out of the ordinary to see them at the polls.
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Last Spring, putting ICE agents into airports to cover for the TSA is a perfect example of normalization. Get people used to seeing them in public places like airports. So, this coming fall, people won't see it out of the ordinary to see them at the polls.
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