Posted by /u/Theory_of_Time

Our democracy is at immediate risk, and history is repeating itself. What Donald Trump and Elon Musk are doing mirrors the actions of past authoritarian regimes. It took just 53 days for Hitler to dismantle Germany’s democracy. 53 days. He used executive orders, erased marginalized groups, and silenced opposition—while too many stood by and did nothing.

Trump’s executive order erases transgender and intersex people from legal recognition—just like Hitler erased Jewish and trans people from legal records before persecution began.

Elon Musk now has access to the U.S. Treasury’s financial system—just like Putin’s oligarchs seized control of Russia’s wealth to consolidate power.

Trump is erasing vital medical information from our government and silencing opposition—just like Hitler suppressed science and banned opposing views.

Trump is dismantling government agencies, firing oversight officials, and gutting institutions like USAID and the Department of Education—just like Hitler replaced government officials with loyalists to eliminate accountability.

We are on day 15, and we are running out of time. We have to make change, or our democracy will be gone.

    • zzx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      151·
      3 months ago

      Trump won “democratically”

      • electoral college
      • Gerry mandering
      • first past the post voting
      • the Democratic candidate wasn’t even chosen with a party primary
      • humanspiral@lemmy.caEnglish
        41·
        2 months ago

        Voter suppression enhanced, and forced provisional ballots that were never counted, was enough for margin of victory. That no one liked Harris, and DNC loved the pro Israel result, had more of an effect on not exposing the fraud.

    • Communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzEnglish
      103·
      3 months ago

      Why do you say anarchism doesn’t work?

      i don’t think there’s ever been an experiment with controlled variables that shows that, and when you control for as many variables as possible, it shows it is plausible

        • LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          75·
          3 months ago

          I don’t think you fully understand what anarchism is. Lack of hierarchy does not mean no organizational framework. It means there are no hierarchies.

          Nukes have no purpose existing to begin with. The best thing to do with them would be to dismantle them and use their resources for other things. I don’t know why you have immediately decided to imagine an anarchist freed territory as requiring nuclear armaments. Or why you think the litmus test of whether a political ideology is valid or not depends on the answer to “can it allow for nuclear holocaust at the push of a button”.

          You seemingly have imagined that an anarchist revolution would intend to preserve the functioning of modern geopolitical superpowers. Needless to say, no. Anarchism in practical implantation results in societies that look dramatically different (including extent anarchist free territories). Ones that don’t partake in overproduction and vast environmental destruction. Ones that are concerned principally with the well-being of the people who live within them.

            • Communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzEnglish
              1·
              2 months ago

              The communists overwhelming military strength had nothing to do with the fundamentals of anarchism.

              A counterexample: The zapatistas of mexico’s system could easily manage nukes. They are tiny and have been fighting against the Mexican government for ages, not an outright military victory but considering their tiny size, such a system shows promise for military security.

            • horse_battery_staple@lemmy.worldEnglish
              22·
              2 months ago

              Good thing we have laws and police! Man imagine if Ted Kaczinsky had heard about laws! Or if Luigi Mangione knew about the infrastructure and power of the state!

              Lone actors are going to do what they want regardless of the law. The law doesn’t prevent you from punching an asshole in the mouth. You prevent you from doing so.

              Here’s a thought experiment for you. Are there unjust laws?

                • horse_battery_staple@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  23·
                  2 months ago

                  No you’re not trying. You’re leaving everything up to the state. Which requires you to do nothing to maintain the status quo.

                  The purpose of the law is to protect property not you and not your rights. That’s pretty evident in Trump’s presidency.