r/MadeMeSmile • u/dittidot • 1d ago

Good News Way to go South Korea!

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u/ExtremestUsername 1d ago

I hope the people in power who have everything to gain by not sharing your interpretation of the transfer of power shares your interpretation of the transfer of power.

Best of luck to you.

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u/OratioFidelis 1d ago

So why didn't the January 6 insurrection work, if that's the case?

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u/Donquers 1d ago

Because he didn't have enough loyalists on his side at the time. Now he does.

You've all been conditioned to believe that "because democracy," the system and all the corruption in it will always just work itself out. That evil people can be in power and it's fine because "checks and balances," and "no one will let that happen."

You are deluded.

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u/OratioFidelis 1d ago edited 1d ago

Because he didn't have enough loyalists on his side at the time. Now he does.

Where? On the Supreme Court, that's virtually unchanged? In the military, that's virtually unchanged? Hesgeth is definitely more willing to order troops to shoot protesters than Miller was, but I don't think troops are more likely to carry out that order.

What he does have is a shitload more money, and right-aligned news and social media outlets are more brazen about allowing him to lie. But I'm not sure Trump has the ability to marshal those resources effectively. He's even more delusional than he was in 2021 when his first attempt failed.

You've all been conditioned to believe that "because democracy," the system and all the corruption in it will always just work itself out. That evil people can be in power and it's fine because "checks and balances," and "no one will let that happen."

I haven't said any of those things. I'm going off of cold, hard facts here. Trump isn't more popular, his loyalists aren't smarter than they were before, and people are even more pissed off that the economy is crashing without COVID to blame it on.

You are deluded.

I have found that democracy is more likely to win in the end when people don't immediately surrender like you are right now. A large portion of power of fascists is their ability to act like their victory is inevitable, which you're falling for hard.

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u/Donquers 1d ago

I didn't say to "surrender."

My point is to get out there and DO MORE.

Because you're here fully acknowledging your life is on the line if/when the fox news host decides to have the military start shooting people, and you're just leaving it up to hope that they don't.

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u/OratioFidelis 1d ago

Big protests are scheduled for tomorrow, come join us if you want to do more.

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/hands-off-protest-trump-musk-april-5

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u/Easymodelife 1d ago

Good luck with your protests tomorrow. I hope they have a massive turnout and everyone stays safe. Look after each other. And I agree with what you say about not obeying fascism in advance. Timothy Snyder makes that point in On Tyranny (great read, the pdf version can be downloaded free online). 🇬🇧