Robert Kagan: A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending.

[prodigitalson]

How will Americans respond to the first signs of a regime of political persecution? Will they rise up in outrage? Don’t count on it. Those who found no reason to oppose Trump in the primaries and no reason to oppose him in the general are unlikely to experience a sudden awakening when some former Trump-adjacent official such as Milley finds himself under investigation for goodness knows what. They will know only that Justice Department prosecutors, the IRS, the FBI and several congressional committees are looking into it. And who is to say that those being hounded are not in fact tax cheaters, or Chinese spies, or perverts, or whatever they might be accused of? Will the great body of Americans even recognize these accusations as persecution and the first stage of shutting down opposition to Trump across the country?



https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/30/trump-dictator-2024-election-robert-kagan/

[Lovie777]

1. Well then........................

we could just give up...................

NOT

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2. I call BS. A trump dictator ship is not inevitable. It's a wish-list item for magats but...

inevitable? Come on, it's possible but improbable as non-maga voters outnumber maga voters, and women are still pissed at him bragging about bringing down Roe v Wade, and don't think his multiple legals issues won't affect voters as he may be in jail.

Possible, maybe, but inevitable...hell no...calling it that, an end to our democracy, is irresponsible IMO.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. I think Kagan's drift is "if he is elected" then it is inevitable. His election is possible but not inevitable. . nt

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4. Agreed. Possible but not inevitable. Inevitable makes it seem impossible to stop.