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We should be revolted by people who are willing to be dupes for totalitarianism
Exactly how is Trump "totalitarian?"
HeadSet saysExactly how is Trump "totalitarian?"
He is orange, which is suspiciously close in color to red!
Seriously though I can not understand how anyone can confuse a bombastic serial shittalker with someone who is totalitarian.
Exactly how is Trump "totalitarian?"
A few reasons off the top of my head probably missing many. I'm sure the enraptured Trumpies will disagree: He is or would like to be an autocrat who wants to make all the decisions and if you are disloyal you are done; he has no respect for division of power or checks and balances of the constitution. To get to where he wants to be he has been taking control, through the AG, of the Justice Dept. to favor his cronies and punish is foes, ordering all in his administration not honor congressional subpoenas, ignoring the appropriations process by declaring fake national emergencies to reappropriate funds to areas congress opposed, vetoing restrictions on his war making powers. Using executive orders to modify congressional intent, using his office to attempt to enrich himself and his family directly and indirectly, and maybe most importantly and telling taking the position that he cannot be investigated or prosecuted while in office and that he has the power to pardon himself. In other w...
How does any of that impact citizens
rdm, you are describing Obama, I asked about Trump:
Does anyone actually believe that Cuba has an amazing health care system?
So just Trump asslickers on the thread?
There’s a long and sordid history of people in Western nations acting as dupes and apologists for communism.
This is especially the case with the wretchedly impoverished totalitarian outpost 90 miles south of Florida:
- President Obama lauded aspects of Cuba’s totalitarian regime when he visited in 2016.
- Jeffrey Sachs ranked Cuba higher on development goals than the United States.
- Jimmy Carter (and Jeremy Corbyn, Justin Trudeau, etc.) gushed about Fidel Castro when the long-time dictator died.
-Numerous vapid celebrities have helped turn the thuggish and racist Che Guevera into a pop icon.
Based on what he wrote for the opinion pages of the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof belongs on that list of “useful idiots”:
https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-of-cubas-glorious-health-care-system/