Johnson Says Pentagon Needs More Money for ‘Fighting Communism on Our Own Shores’ | Common Dreams
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​Trump has threatened to deploy the military against the "enemy within" and has recently promoted the idea that "democratic socialism must be criminalized."
  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    6 hours ago

    In the weeks following a series of Democratic primary victories by progressive and democratic socialist candidates in New York, Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, Texas, and elsewhere, Trump and his allies in the GOP have relentlessly hammered on the idea that the nation was under siege by “godless Communists” who want to “completely destroy the traditional American way of life,” rhetoric that echoed McCarthy era red-baiting to many critics.

    These “Godless Communists” who are looking to “destroy the traditional American way of life” are doing it by winning elections. So, what Trump and Johnson are saying is that we should send the military after these office holders because he doesn’t like their politics.

    • zd9@lemmy.world
      23·
      6 hours ago

      Yep. If you think shit is dark now, it’s gonna get way darker before it starts to get better. I’m the most worried I’ve ever been about the few months of October through January. They’ve come way too far and committed way too many crimes to simply let themselves be democratically and constitutionally removed from office.

      • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
        4·
        3 hours ago

        They’ve come way too far and committed way too many crimes to simply let themselves be democratically and constitutionally removed from office.

        I’m cautiously optimistic.

        Not long ago, I would have said the same thing about Orban as well. But they voted him out, he left, and things seem to be improving greatly in Hungary.