• CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    People need to face the facts that this isn’t going to be a normal election because:

    1. Much of the Republican Party believes that the prior election was illegitimate
    2. Project 2025 exists and was drawn up by people close to Trump
    3. The violence at the capitol was strategically denied and much propaganda has been produced about it, leading many to believe that republicans did not orchestrate it.
    4. Many of those allied with the Jan 6th takeover are, regrettably still in power. Nothing is stopping them from trying it again.
    5. Trump has changed tone entirely and now commonly alludes to violence toward his enemies, jailing his political opponents, and has many believing that the justice system is completely failed.
    6. Minorities are being targeted on a grand scale and xenophobia means that republicans can do anything as long as they attack the border.
    7. The voices of women and young voters are getting extremely loud and patriarchy on the right cannot tolerate it.

    Now realize that the dots between these issues have yet to be connected for republicans in the nation. Why vote if it’s all rigged? Why hold elections at all? Why not be violent if Jan 6 was a hoax? Why not aim violence squarely at trumps enemies if elected? Why not turn against minorities and women who perpetuate ideas you hate? It’s like kindling and one false flag sets it all off.