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MAGA Republican Pledges “End of Democracy” to Rabid Cheers at CPAC | Republicans at CPAC 2024 are openly vowing to take down democracy. (newrepublic.com)

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About the only way we're going to actually have a democracy is if they consistently lose elections. That's going to mean volunteering, donating, and actually turning out to vote

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[-] EatATaco@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Rabid applause" lol what fucking BS. Anyone who watches that video can see what an absolute blatant lie that is.

FFS, it was a bad joke that mostly fell flat. Republicans pose real threats to our democracy and way of life, no reason to trump up some BS like this. All that does is open the door to for something Republicans can latch on to in order to dismiss actual valid concerns.

Keep in mind that this guy constantly downplays Jan 6th, and claims it was actually the feds. He believes it is a false flag, which is why this is obviously a joke.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's maddening to see it to be honest... This is the exact same thing as "we're all domestic terrorists." They're "poking fun" at what everyone says about them. They are literally trolling us, these kinds of people sit back and rub their nipples in intense pleasure as they read the left freaking out about what they said. They live for that kind of shit. For those that play video games: these are griefers, they live to make your day worse and there's no easier way than to use cheap words to rustle your jimmies.

No matter how shitty our SCOUTS is right now, it's shitty on behalf of major corporations, they aren't going to just dismiss the constitution completely just because some morons say they want a theocracy so they can impose their will on others as if it's what God wanted... They're going to impose their will, but they can't just snap their fingers and make the constitution disappear.

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[-] yournamehere@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

WOLLT IHR DIE TOTALE REPUBLIK?

[-] SoonaPaana@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

You can root for the rebels all you want. But Palpatine lived a long life and controlled most of the galaxy with his empire. I am rooting for the empire.

[-] PilferJynx@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It would be nice if it was benevolent dictatorship. That has never happened and never will with our current iteration of our species.

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[-] corus_kt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

You should suck up to China or Russia for Palpatine, what America has is Grima Wormtongue

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[-] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Man if only someone at the DNC would see this...

EDIT: y'all I was being sarcastic

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