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In Trump’s America, There’s Democracy Only When He Wins (www.democracydocket.com)

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There were no false claims of fraud, because he won. No election officials were vilified and threatened, because he won. The courts remained free of legal challenges, because he won. On Jan. 6, 2025, there will be no violent insurrection, and Congress will certify the count not because of a new law, but only because Trump won.

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[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No... There isn't and there will not be. Not real democracy at least.

This is how they will stay in power indefinitely.

[-] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No, there isn’t, because he very explicitly wants absolutely nothing to do with democracy, and what he does want is the literal polar opposite ofdemocracy: fascism.

Calling what he wants “democracy“ only legitimizes his lies when he says he desires it.

Trump is the classic definition of a fascist, and what he wants is fascism. But he especially wants his idiot followers to Believe that fascism is “democracy“.

[-] Shawdow194@fedia.io 0 points 1 day ago

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/30/us/politics/trump-christians-vote-ingraham.html

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 6 points 1 day ago

The real test is going to be when a republican president has to hand over power to a democrat, until then it's chekovs cat in a box

[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 1 day ago

trumps america exists only with the timespace of opposite day.

[-] Shirasho@lemmings.world 1 points 1 day ago

There were still claims of fraud.

this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2024

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