Current Events > Thread from a historian re: democracy, authoritarianism, and the Trump coup

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Phynaster
11/10/20 10:50:17 PM
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https://twitter.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/1326319545427107840

Coups are defeated quickly or not at all. While they take place we are meant to look away, as many of us are doing. When they are complete we are powerless.
Biden voters are wrong to see a Biden administration as inevitable. Take responsibility, Democrats.

Some key takeaways there for the complacent (plenty of whom are on CE right now).

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Orlando_Jordan
11/10/20 10:55:26 PM
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The right: Armed to the teeth.
The left: Have no weapons other than a spatula.

Let the military handle any fictional coup.

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Bananana
11/10/20 10:56:28 PM
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Ive basically accepted that Trump is gonna maintain power but i cant do anything about it my man

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Phynaster
11/10/20 10:56:55 PM
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Orlando_Jordan posted...
The right: Armed to the teeth.
The left: Have no weapons other than a spatula.
A very good portion of the "left" across the spectrum of it where I live own guns. Maybe use your "armed to the teeth" guns to fight against fascism instead of for it.


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ScazarMeltex
11/10/20 10:58:08 PM
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Orlando_Jordan posted...
The right: Armed to the teeth.
The left: Have no weapons other than a spatula.

Let the military handle any fictional coup.
Liberals may not own guns. Almost every leftist does.

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AwesomeFawful
11/10/20 11:00:16 PM
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Orlando_Jordan posted...
The left: Have no weapons other than a spatula.
People still believe this lmao

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Orlando_Jordan
11/10/20 11:01:35 PM
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Phynaster posted...
A very good portion of the "left" across the spectrum of it where I live own guns. Maybe use your "armed to the teeth" guns to fight against fascism instead of for it.
I'm reporting you to the FBI.

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Halo478
11/10/20 11:01:57 PM
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The Trent
11/10/20 11:02:58 PM
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lol

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ssjevot
11/10/20 11:04:53 PM
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The left simultaneously doesn't own guns and had armed guards in CHAZ/CHOP that shot people. So which one is it?

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Phynaster
11/10/20 11:05:20 PM
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ssjevot posted...
The left simultaneously doesn't own guns and had armed guards in CHAZ/CHOP that shot people. So which one is it?
Schrdinger's leftist

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