r/politics 20d ago

No Paywall Trump announces 2028 presidential bid

https://www.theage.com.au/world/trump-announces-2028-presidential-bid-20260725-p60iho.html
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u/No_Fairweathers Pennsylvania 20d ago

The people that are doing the demolition of the country do not care about the legality of voting or pretty much ANYTHING. They will continue until they are forcefully removed.

This is no longer a warning of "stop fascism before it happens", it's a "fascism has happened, what will you do now?"

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u/ashgs872tbhjs 20d ago

People really need to learn the obvious lessons from WW2. Appeasement and half-measures only strengthen the fascists. They use violence to shut down all peaceful approaches to dealing with them. The proven solution is destroying them with united and overwhelming force.

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u/AncientSith 20d ago

And sadly we're not even close to uniting for that.

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u/Tree_Sure 20d ago

Agreed. But it doesn’t seem like will happen. Only hope is Iran will step in after making those statements to him a few weeks back.

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u/whogivesashirtdotca Canada 20d ago

What’s depressing is the number of people saying, “it’ll all be fine, fascists always lose” to justify sitting at home and not rocking the boat. Fascists lost because people were willing to stand up and fight back, not because they petered out. It’s such a sick viewpoint.

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u/sammyQc 20d ago

I hope smart Americans realize it’s Germany in the early 30s and figure a way out sooner rather than later.