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DemocratSinceBirth

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6. Ferdinand Marcos

Reply to TexasDem69 (Reply #5)

Sun Dec 17, 2023, 03:05 PM

Dec 2023

Ferdinand Marcos suspended the Constitution and with it habeas corpus and arrested the political opposition. The only reason it likely won't happen here is because the economy would go to shit with all the tumult.

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If TFG wins [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2023 OP

Vindictiveness with a vengence..... magicarpet Dec 2023 #1

Yes but they won't call them concentration camps. RandomNumbers Dec 2023 #2

No, but it's hard to totally rule it out with trump and today's vile GOPers. Silent Type Dec 2023 #3

We could see a situation like The Troubles in Northern Ireland. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2023 #4

I think Trump or one of his cronies TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #5

Ferdinand Marcos DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2023 #6

The reason it wouldn't happen here TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #8

Capital would flee. Markets would tank. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2023 #11

The economic repercussions pale TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #14

100 or so people stopped traffic in DTLA for hours. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2023 #15

we had concentration camps in term #1 (at the boarder) Takket Dec 2023 #7

Trump already came close to invoking the Insurrection Act three years ago, but was talked out of it. LudwigPastorius Dec 2023 #9

Hope I can get into Canada multigraincracker Dec 2023 #10

If his win is shady and unlawful and we fight back, ecstatic Dec 2023 #12

We saw that bdamomma Dec 2023 #13