Re: POTUS: It Can Happen Here Again
The way they "get away with it" is:
1. R Senators vote as a bloc Not Guilty without listening to a word.
2. Fox and Hate Radio blare lies 24/7 to their orcs who hear nothing else.
See also: everything else McConnell has gotten away with for the last 3 years.
People keep acting like objective factual reality has its own gravity. It doesn't. Like sunlight, it can't get in if you block it off. The Fake World the Republicans have put together is even more stable than the real world because none of its premises ever change. Whereas reality is ever shifting, Republican World is a stone fortress. As such it's a far more comfortable place for the authoritarians and cowards of the right to live. It's unassailable, and from it they can smugly change the real facts of everyone's world with their actions. They've found a way to leverage reality without being caught up in the consequences. In principle there's nothing to stop them from doing it forever. It's far more effective than any previously attempted dictatorship because it appears to be completely democratic. It uses brainwashing instead of physical coercion, which is cheaper and doesn't leave bodies all over the place. It's kind of perfect.
Originally posted by ScoobyDoo
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1. R Senators vote as a bloc Not Guilty without listening to a word.
2. Fox and Hate Radio blare lies 24/7 to their orcs who hear nothing else.
See also: everything else McConnell has gotten away with for the last 3 years.
People keep acting like objective factual reality has its own gravity. It doesn't. Like sunlight, it can't get in if you block it off. The Fake World the Republicans have put together is even more stable than the real world because none of its premises ever change. Whereas reality is ever shifting, Republican World is a stone fortress. As such it's a far more comfortable place for the authoritarians and cowards of the right to live. It's unassailable, and from it they can smugly change the real facts of everyone's world with their actions. They've found a way to leverage reality without being caught up in the consequences. In principle there's nothing to stop them from doing it forever. It's far more effective than any previously attempted dictatorship because it appears to be completely democratic. It uses brainwashing instead of physical coercion, which is cheaper and doesn't leave bodies all over the place. It's kind of perfect.
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