20-point guide to defending democracy under a Trump presidency

[Quinquennial]

@frauenfelder

When the terrorist attack comes, remember that all authoritarians at all times either await or plan such events in order to consolidate power. Think of the Reichstag fire. The sudden disaster that requires the end of the balance of power, the end of opposition parties, and so on, is the oldest trick in the Hitlerian book. Don’t fall for it.

I think that’s the writing on the wall, here. The next terrorist attack for whatever reason they can surreptitiously pin on Democrats and start arresting them will be the catalyst towards the unopposed page 1 rewrite of the Constitution and the permanent end of liberal democracy in the United States. Trump did state he wanted to arrest prominent Democrats during his campaign. I have no reason to doubt him.