Anonymous said…
“Trump will win in November, and God only knows what will happen after.”
Let’s also not kid ourselves about this. We know what will probably happen, even if we don’t wanna look too closely.
Civil unrest, to which Trump will respond by lifting the fetters on the police. (Look what he said about Chicago: that a “top” police official told him they could solve the crime problem in a week, if the gloves came off.) A purge of the civil service, just as Christie promised. Hillary in handcuffs, kicking off the de-legitimization of the opposition.
A round-up of all illegal immigrants, with knocks on the door, camps, abuse in the camps, and generalized terror. A lock-down in communities of color. Abroad, an instant unraveling of the world order, as Europe and Japan (the latter will go nuclear) detach from America’s security system and Russia and China seize their opening.
A devastating fall on the stock market and a depression, to which Trump will respond with scapegoating and with Paul Ryan’s feudal program of tax cuts and budget decimation. A no-holds-barred surveillance state. A day-to-day atmosphere of menace and cruelty, at work, on the streets, and even in the home, in which the dissident American will make a tenuous internal exile.
Nuclear weapons use in Syria and/or Iran cannot be ruled out. Neither can genocidal warfare in those countries, or a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. Neither can a Russian invasion of the Baltics.
Martial law is an almost-certain eventuality.
If he wins, Trump will arrive as the equivalent of Stalin or Hitler. What is so terrifying is that there will be no free world left to stop him. I’d say we’re staring down the barrel of the end of days, but that’s a little too sunny. This approximates the beginning of the world that formed in “1984.”
-Pe
Let’s see how much of this is even true.
Civil unrest, to which Trump will respond by lifting the fetters on the police. (Look what he said about Chicago: that a “top” police official told him they could solve the crime problem in a week, if the gloves came off.)
Civil unrest, yes. Vicious crackdown, yes.
A purge of the civil service, just as Christie promised.
Civil service purge, yes.
Hillary in handcuffs, kicking off the de-legitimization of the opposition.
Arrest of Hillary and war on opposition, yes.
A round-up of all illegal immigrants, with knocks on the door, camps, abuse in the camps, and generalized terror.
Illegal alien crackdown scenario above, quite possibly.
A lock-down in communities of color.
Would not be surprising.
Abroad, an instant unraveling of the world order, as Europe and Japan (the latter will go nuclear) detach from America’s security system and Russia and China seize their opening.
No, this is dumb. Smashing NATO is a great idea. Yes, Japan will go nuclear. Russia and China will seize what opening? Where? Ridiculous, paranoid view of foreign policy. Russia wants to cooperate with the US, not kick our butt. This is neocon talk.
A devastating fall on the stock market and a depression…
Quite possibly, but why?
…to which Trump will respond with scapegoating and with Paul Ryan’s feudal program of tax cuts and budget decimation.
He would absolutely respond to a crash and depression with scapegoating and the Ryan plan.
A no-holds-barred surveillance state.
Would not be surprised.
A day-to-day atmosphere of menace and cruelty at work, on the streets, and even in the home, in which the dissident American will make a tenuous internal exile.
Probably, look what happened after Brexit. This sort of thing emboldens people, and you have a fascisization of society.
And it might get hard to be a dissident, right. Dissidents may indeed go into a sort of internal exile, but that is hard to predict. On the contrary, the Opposition may become highly energized.
Nuclear weapons use in Syria and/or Iran cannot be ruled out.
I sure hope not, but I worry.
Neither can genocidal warfare in those countries…
Ongoing anyway.
…or a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.
Quite possibly. Saudis may want to get nukes.
Neither can a Russian invasion of the Baltics.
Ridiculous, Russia has no territorial claims on the Baltics and has no desire to invade or occupy these lands. Neocon fantasy.
Martial law is an almost-certain eventuality.
Would not be surprised, but how would they implement it legally?
If he wins, Trump will arrive as the equivalent of Stalin or Hitler.
Sort of. Hyperbole.
What is so terrifying is that there will be no free world left to stop him.
Say what? And what’s with BS Cold War “free world” talk? This is neocon talk.
I’d say we’re staring down the barrel of the end of days, but that’s a little too sunny.
It will be ugly, but this is probably hyperbole.
This approximates the beginning of the world that formed in “1984.”
Absurd hyperbole.
