Americans were sleep-marched into fascism": Signs of creeping authoritarianism we can't miss again

[Guno צְבִי]

Trump’s first weeks back in office have been a whirlwind of chaos and political destruction. This is by design and one of the central features of the “shock and awe” strategy that Trump and his allies have been planning for years, as detailed in Project 2025 and Agenda 47, to undermine American democracy and replace it with a form of autocracy if not outright authoritarianism. This strategy is being rapidly enacted through such actions as the almost 100 executive orders that include voiding the 14th Amendment, declaring a national emergency for Trump’s mass deportation plan, gutting the Department of Justice, seemingly as part of a plan to get revenge on his personal “enemies,” firing inspectors generals en masse, reversing 60 years of progress in civil and human rights and freezing federal loans and grants.

This strategy of chaos and confusion is more than “just” a political strategy, it is a reflection of and amplified by Donald Trump’s personality, character and mind. Trump’s followers and allies are excited by the chaos because to them it is an example of him being a man of action and vitality and in all a great leader who is channeling the will and energy of the MAGA movement. The appearance of constant action, of being human dynamos, is a common tactic of authoritarians and fascist leaders.

"Americans were sleep-marched into fascism": Signs of creeping authoritarianism we can't miss again

Americans have "no lived experience of what happens when oligarchs sink their fangs into a country"

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[NiftyNiblick]

Our scruffy national gene pool has caught up with us.
A quarter millennium from brave new experiment to total dystopia--that's all that it's taken.

America voted for this. It's national suicide, and it's happening fast.

 

[Yakuda]

Trump’s first weeks back in office have been a whirlwind of chaos and political destruction. This is by design and one of the central features of the “shock and awe” strategy that Trump and his allies have been planning for years, as detailed in Project 2025 and Agenda 47, to undermine American democracy and replace it with a form of autocracy if not outright authoritarianism. This strategy is being rapidly enacted through such actions as the almost 100 executive orders that include voiding the 14th Amendment, declaring a national emergency for Trump’s mass deportation plan, gutting the Department of Justice, seemingly as part of a plan to get revenge on his personal “enemies,” firing inspectors generals en masse, reversing 60 years of progress in civil and human rights and freezing federal loans and grants.

This strategy of chaos and confusion is more than “just” a political strategy, it is a reflection of and amplified by Donald Trump’s personality, character and mind. Trump’s followers and allies are excited by the chaos because to them it is an example of him being a man of action and vitality and in all a great leader who is channeling the will and energy of the MAGA movement. The appearance of constant action, of being human dynamos, is a common tactic of authoritarians and fascist leaders.

"Americans were sleep-marched into fascism": Signs of creeping authoritarianism we can't miss again

Americans have "no lived experience of what happens when oligarchs sink their fangs into a country"

news.yahoo.com

Why didn't you idiots stop him from taking over? You claimed trump was was an existential threat to democracy for years yet you let him waltz in. You're a liar or a traitor which is it?

 

[AProudLefty]

Why didn't you idiots stop him from taking over? You claimed trump was was an existential threat to democracy for years yet you let him waltz in. You're a liar or a traitor which is it?

We voted.

 

[Lionfish]

Trump’s first weeks back in office have been a whirlwind of chaos and political destruction. This is by design and one of the central features of the “shock and awe” strategy that Trump and his allies have been planning for years, as detailed in Project 2025 and Agenda 47, to undermine American democracy and replace it with a form of autocracy if not outright authoritarianism. This strategy is being rapidly enacted through such actions as the almost 100 executive orders that include voiding the 14th Amendment, declaring a national emergency for Trump’s mass deportation plan, gutting the Department of Justice, seemingly as part of a plan to get revenge on his personal “enemies,” firing inspectors generals en masse, reversing 60 years of progress in civil and human rights and freezing federal loans and grants.

This strategy of chaos and confusion is more than “just” a political strategy, it is a reflection of and amplified by Donald Trump’s personality, character and mind. Trump’s followers and allies are excited by the chaos because to them it is an example of him being a man of action and vitality and in all a great leader who is channeling the will and energy of the MAGA movement. The appearance of constant action, of being human dynamos, is a common tactic of authoritarians and fascist leaders.

"Americans were sleep-marched into fascism": Signs of creeping authoritarianism we can't miss again

Americans have "no lived experience of what happens when oligarchs sink their fangs into a country"

news.yahoo.com

Guano, are you planning a move?

 

[Diogenes]

Guano is awfully entertaining.

 

[Into the Night]

Trump’s first weeks back in office have been a whirlwind of chaos and political destruction.

Closing unneeded departments and cutting wasteful spending is a good thing.
Deporting illegal aliens is a good thing.

I will call this 'chaos' claim Argument 1.

This is by design and one of the central features of the “shock and awe” strategy that Trump and his allies have been planning for years,

I will call this Argument 2. You are now locked in paradox. You are being irrational. You cannot argue both sides of a paradox.

as detailed in Project 2025

I agree with most of Project 2025. I am not at all surprise you hate it, since you support bureaucracy for the sake of bureacracy.

and Agenda 47,

Trump's campaign platform is why people voted for Trump, Gunky.

to undermine American democracy

The United States was never a democracy.

and replace it with a form of autocracy

The United States is not and never was an autocracy. Autocracy is what the Democrats WANT!

if not outright authoritarianism.

Authority is given President Trump by the Constitution of the United States. Trump has not exceeded that authority.

This strategy is being rapidly enacted through such actions as the almost 100 executive orders

Many of them countermanding the destructive nature of Biden's and other Democrat actions.

that include voiding the 14th Amendment,

The 14th amendment has not been voided.

declaring a national emergency for Trump’s mass deportation plan,

Works for me. It's part of what I voted for. Illegal aliens broke the law and are subject to deportation. It is time to kick out all the people let in by Biden and prosecute Biden/Kamala/Obama/Mayorkas for treason.

gutting the Department of Justice,

Trump has full authority to hire and fire anyone he wants in the Executive branch.

seemingly as part of a plan to get revenge on his personal “enemies,”

Good! Personal enemies has NO PLACE in the FBI.

firing inspectors generals en masse,

Good! Personal vendettas have NO PLACE in the FBI.

reversing 60 years of progress in civil and human rights and freezing federal loans and grants.

Grants are not a human right. Loans are not a human right.

This strategy of chaos and confusion is more than “just” a political strategy,

You are still locked in this paradox.

it is a reflection of and amplified by Donald Trump’s personality, character and mind. Trump’s followers and allies are excited by the chaos because to them it is an example of him being a man of action and vitality and in all a great leader who is channeling the will and energy of the MAGA movement.

You are still lock in this paradox. MAGA isn't a person, Gunky.

The appearance of constant action, of being human dynamos, is a common tactic of authoritarians and fascist leaders.

Redefinition fallacy (energetic<->fascism, capitalism<->fascism). Go learn English.

"Americans were sleep-marched into fascism": Signs of creeping authoritarianism we can't miss again

Americans have "no lived experience of what happens when oligarchs sink their fangs into a country"

news.yahoo.com

Ah. You are mindlessly cut and pasting again.

 

[Into the Night]

We voted.

...and lost.

 

[AProudLefty]

...and lost.

No shit, Sherlock?

 

[Althea]

Our scruffy national gene pool has caught up with us.
A quarter millennium from brave new experiment to total dystopia--that's all that it's taken.

America voted for this. It's national suicide, and it's happening fast.

If asked, most would claim they didn't vote for this.

They just ignored the ramifications of electing Hitler. By default, they did indeed vote for this.

And many will deny this is anything like the beginnings of Hitler's rise, but they don't know how to read.

Like trump.

Just for fun, check out Rashida Tlaib's Facebook page. She put up a screeching post about trump's Gaza comments, and hundreds of people are kicking her ass re. Michigan Muslim voters helping to get trump elected. At her urging. She's also taking a similar beating over this on Twitter from what I hear.

 

[IBDaMann]

Trump’s first weeks back in office have been a whirlwind of chaos and political destruction.

Apparently you've been watching a different channel.

This is by design and one of the central features of the “shock and awe” strategy that Trump and his allies have been planning for years, as detailed in Project 2025 and Agenda 47, to undermine American democracy and replace it with a form of autocracy if not outright authoritarianism.

You're raving. Should I stop reading?

This strategy is being rapidly enacted through such actions as the almost 100 executive orders that include voiding the 14th Amendment,

Maybe on the sci-fi channel you're watching but the 14th Amendment is fully intact. Trump has surgically removed the DEI tumor.

reversing 60 years of progress in civil and human rights

Maybe on the sci-fi channel you're watching, but Trump has refurbished the heavy degradation of civil and human rights inflicted by the DNC, and he did so in the first few weeks of being in office.

This strategy of chaos and confusion

You misspelled "restoring order and clarity."

Trump’s followers and allies are excited by the chaos ...

Nope. You haven't learned anything, probably because you are too stupid to learn. I'll stop reading.

 

[Neil N. Blowme]

If asked, most would claim they didn't vote for this.

They just ignored the ramifications of electing Hitler. By default, they did indeed vote for this.

And many will deny this is anything like the beginnings of Hitler's rise, but they don't know how to read.

Like trump.

Just for fun, check out Rashida Tlaib's Facebook page. She put up a screeching post about trump's Gaza comments, and hundreds of people are kicking her ass re. Michigan Muslim voters helping to get trump elected. At her urging. She's also taking a similar beating over this on Twitter from what I hear.

Democrats aren't working for the American people. It's not difficult.