snaark wrote:Don't get me wrong, I don't say these things out of schadenfreude. I like America and I would like to see it restored at the head of the liberal democratic world order. But I think you're headed for a full-blown constitutional crisis and/or violence in November. The militias are only one warning sign. The flagrant efforts to sway the vote are another. Basically the only way to avoid a meltdown is for Biden to win in a massive landslide, which seems unlikely at this point. Sounds dramatic, but then the reality rather is.
Just my 0.02€.
Back in 2004 when Bush II won re-election we saw this.
I think it was the Independent that said "Americans Hate Each Other" after they sent reporters to the inauguration and covered both the celebrations and the protests.
There was actually a movement after GWB won to arrest and jail Kerry. Why? For faking his war record (which he didn't) and protesting the war in Vietnam (which he did), but really the reason was "He ran against our guy, so fuck him"
McCain in 2008 said that Obama was a loyal American and was booed by his own supporters. See, Obama was a commie and an Islamist so anyone, even a candidate who believed and practiced the concept of "Loyal Opposition" had to be booed. Fertile Sarah Palin and her brood caught on to this and they have been conservative and reality TV (and Domestic Incident citations) ever since.
The problem was that the Republicans needed this mob, until this mob took over their party, so they never made an effort to stop it. GWB is voting for Biden but he is not going to apologize for his crackpot, pro-war followers for threatening Kerry with arrest. When petitions were signed he did not saty "fuck off you weirdos" he just said nothing.
Trump says nothing about QAnon, because it is useful to him now. QAnon attacks Hollywood and the "Deep State" so it is very useful since the "Deep State" can be used to excuse his failures from 2017 to January of 2019 when he had control of the senate, Congress and Supreme court.
The Right Wing is greedy. Ponzi schemes MLM schemes are more popular for the angry masses than ever, but running a government like a Ponzi scheme is going to work worse than the stupid "Run the government like a business" and eventually shit is going to collapse and people will need to be blamed.
That is when the killing will really start. Tarkan's justification of 1 criminal dead and 1 criminal wounded and one non criminal dead brought on by irresponsible adults shoving an angry 17 year old into a city with a rifle is just the start. Soon they wont even try to argue who deserves it or not. If you are "Liberal" you deserve it. If you are black and you object to how you are treated, you deserve it. It wont matter if they burn stuff down and sit quietly arm in arm singing crappy hymns, they have it coming.