• WoodScientist@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Stranger things have happened. I could see a timeline that goes like:

    1. The election in 2028 is blatantly stolen by Republicans, establishing a mask-off dictatorship.

    2. After a decade, they’re eventually ousted by a popular front consisting of civil society advocates, leftist organizers and activists, and religious movements.

    3. As the regime falls, the religious movement takes over everything and establishes an overt theocracy.

    • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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      Don’t worry! They don’t need to “steal” elections, why would they? It’s not as if the Democrats will reverse anything, they’re all making a fortune. Remember Biden’s presidency?

      If Republicans seized power, that would be a fatal mistake (and they know it). I pray to God that I’m wrong and you’re right, and that they do seize power, because that will be the end of this charade. If only

      • plyth@feddit.org
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        He meant that Democrats will shift so much to the right that they will be good enough for an average Republican voter which will make voting unnecessary.