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IfGodCouldDie posted...

what would you need to see to seriously reconsider and believe that this threat is a realistic possibility?

The big thing is removing checks on the president from the legislative branch. This can be done by a series of changes to the government to either increase what the President can do or decrease the tools of the legislative to check him via their needed approvals or their impeachment nuke.

Ultimately the power of President is fairly limited as it stands. He can do Executive Orders, but the legislative can just tweak laws or funding to make those not work as intended.

Like you guys are laughing at my Pelosi stuff but anyone with ton of influence in congress has more power than the president. Legislative branch is the strongest branch, not Executive. You can't turn the US fascist without winning that branch or destroying it.

For whatever little it's worth the Judicial branch also has checks on the president still in place and if those are further removed or republican balance of judges increases further it gets even more troubling-- he can't be criminally prosecuted for stuff in office but that's overblown anyway. They can still override executive orders if they overextend. I will give you guys that unlike the legislative the judicial branch seems completely stupid right now and I wouldn't depend on them for anything, but in theory they could.

But yeah for all the gloom and doom, the senate and house aren't super republican titled right now. And a lot of Republicans AREN'T drinking far right Kool aid right now-- you go a bit too far out of line and a few Republicans flip, then that's it.

The other thing that would start me getting worried is if you start seeing numbers like in the Supreme Court in congress. Like you start getting 60-40 Republican majority in the senate or house yeah it's a little concerning.