At a certain point this is like saying that you can prevent a rape by consenting. If the end result is the authoritarian seizing more power, the opposing party has no obligation to willfully participate in that.
I'm perfectly fine if the Democrats want to make this the last stand for American democracy, because if I'm right and this is truly the end goal of all this, it won't be the last attempt.
There is a reason I started my first comment the way I did. For Trump's entire time in politics, there have been people trying to communicate the type of person he is and the plans he has for the US and there have been people like you who have said we're overreacting.
It doesn't matter what actually happens. I could probably list dozens of examples, from the overturning of Roe v Wade to the violence of ICE, of times we have been told that our predictions were detached from reality until they eventually became reality. At this point if you can't recognize that the lines of acceptable political behavior have constantly been pushed under Trump's control, then I doubt you will ever admit it.
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I can't work out what this comment means. I.e., is someone using information about you from elsewhere on the web to attack you on HN? If so, that's bad, but we need details/evidence, which is why it's best to email us.
I'm perfectly fine if the Democrats want to make this the last stand for American democracy, because if I'm right and this is truly the end goal of all this, it won't be the last attempt.