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Fascists will do fascist things.
And it's so blatant too.
Mr. Trump intends to bring independent agencies — like the Federal Communications Commission, which makes and enforces rules for television and internet companies, and the Federal Trade Commission, which enforces various antitrust and other consumer protection rules against businesses — under direct presidential control.
First thing listed in the article is control the message, which is done by controlling the media. Straight out of the fascist playbook.
That’s really worrisome and a major backslide for American democracy.
Imagine if Trump fired Dr. Fauci and ended all pandemic restrictions in 2020 like he wanted.
Why does that sound like what Ceasar did as he aimed to create the Roman Empire.
Or Palpatine.
If he could just go ahead and have the heart attack he's obviously overdue for, the world would be a better place.
Dictating. First stop on the World Dictator Tour.
Personally, I think presidents have more than enough power now, and I don't want them to have more. Whether I support or oppose any particular president. Because I don't want to live in a dictatorship.
Too much. There's already a huge lack of oversight too, as seen by Trumps term. This is basically paving the road towards a dictatorship. Parliaments aren't perfect, but I rather have a bunch of people vote on decision making stuff, instead of one dude saying how it goes. Especially when it is apparently that easy to become president of the biggest military apparatus of the world. As it stands, the US is a ticking time bomb.
I dunno, I sort of like how all 3 branches of government check each other.
one improvement I could see would be to make supermajorities and filibusters illegal - for all parties.
Are they really checking each other if they all want to place power in one political party (or more accurately, one person)?
I read the title and immediately thought of the time when President Xi if China had basically made himself president for life and during a rally, Trump said maybe we should try that some day and did that little shrug he does when he really means what he says but shrugs to make the crowd think he's not really serious about it.
all 3 branches of government check each other if they feel like it
FTFY
Who would have thought that he wants to do an illegal power grab? It's always those who invoke the constitution, the founding fathers, and the bible who could actually not care less about them.
The same ones who have never read a word of any of those documents.
Remember in the frenzy after Kavanaugh was added, when that one guy drove out to his house with a weapon in a briefcase? But then he thought about life in prison, his family, and then caved and turned himself in?
Fast forward a bit through the many mangled Supreme Court rulings and the overturning of Roe v Wade.
Crazy to think what could be different in the world. When you think about it, the entire future of American politics and culture would shift dramatically overnight if just two Supreme Court justices were to suddenly cease to exist.
Wild stuff.
Ribbit