Machiavelli warned us. Bodin defined it. Brzezinski studied it. And now, Trump is dragging America into it... hartmannreport.com/p/trumps-ame...
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Too many uneducated fools in America. 😉
sep 3, 2025, 10:07 pm • 0 0 • view
If it were only just this one sociooath. But This fascist regime is brought to you by Heritage/Federalist wealthy megalomaniacs who have been working on Project 2025 for more than 40 years.
sep 2, 2025, 2:12 pm • 8 0 • view
May be slowed or stopped by the death of the personalist dictator.
sep 2, 2025, 2:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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sep 2, 2025, 6:40 pm • 0 0 • view
An interesting article which I agree with somewhat. Although Trump’s ascension to dictator although it had strong elements of a personality cult has also been promoted by right wing elements who have long been working to polarize & change the US and the world. (Continued)
sep 2, 2025, 3:19 pm • 2 0 • view
Also even though the US hopefully will recovers its democracy eventually, its international status & influence will be diminished. Other allied countries are shifting away from the US in defence and trade. In Canada, this change will be permanent.
sep 2, 2025, 3:23 pm • 3 0 • view
Correct. The damage is done. And the Republican Congress and senate and SCOTUS are all to blame. They need never forget.
sep 2, 2025, 3:54 pm • 5 0 • view
Finally you seem to use the word ‘republic’ interchangeably with ‘democracy’. I know the US chose to adopt a republican system when it became a democracy. However there are many democracies who are not republics. IMHO a strongman co-opting a govt & establishing a cult of personality is (continued)
sep 2, 2025, 3:33 pm • 0 0 • view
…less likely in a Westminster style parliamentary democracy with a sovereign as symbolic head of state and a prime minister as actual head of government because power isn’t concentrated in a single person. Also the prime minister only governs as long as they have the support of parliament.) (cont.)
sep 2, 2025, 3:36 pm • 0 0 • view
In the US a steady increase of the executive branch power (presidency) under many modern presidents made it tempting to be co-opted by a strongman (Trump). The checks & balances that the US founding fathers built in with the 3 branches ultimately failed because of this long process of erosion.
sep 2, 2025, 3:44 pm • 0 0 • view
trump couldnt do this without the help of POLICE DHS ICE DOJ NATIONAL GUARD MILITARY
sep 2, 2025, 7:23 pm • 3 0 • view
The Republic fell when SCOTUS made POTUS a king.
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