I'm not some crazy SJW overreacting to my dislike of Trump. I am simply seeing parallels between recent events and the events that ultimately made Hitler a dictator.
When the German Parliament was set on fire in 1933, Hitler used it as an excuse to suspend freedom of speech, press, and political assembly, and declared that all communists were enemies of the state.
Meanwhile, in 2019. Trump declared a "National Emergency" because Congress doesn't want to fund his border wall and is saying that the Democrats are to blame for all the country's problems.
Do you think it's possible that Trump will end up turning the US into a dictatorship?
Xi Jinping Thot2019-02-16T22:13:28Z
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The US is already a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. 91% of the time elections in the US are won by the person who raised the most money. Among that 9% who don't, the majority the times these candidates still raised an enormous amount of money. See Trump's victory over Clinton, where he did raise less money, but it was still roughly a billion dollars.
If you can't win an election without enormous amounts of cash, then cash inherently "selects" viable candidates. This means voters really only have the option to vote on candidates pre-selected by money. You can vote for candidates who raised no money, but it will always be a wasted vote. The only viable candidates are the ones pre-approved of by the bourgeoisie.
The bourgeoisie also controls the media. 90% of all media in the US, including local news, is owned by the six mega corporations. They don't just select the candidates in elections but they also control public opinion through the media.
If you think you live in a democracy... you're delusional. There's no way a government for, by, and of the people would have an 18% approval rating. A recent Princeton study entitled "Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens" found that, "Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organised groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on US government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence."
i.e. Congress votes on things that benefit moneyed interests and there is little correlation between public opinion and how Congress votes.
Are you kidding me. Trump would never do that. You really need to read about the Democrats party. Conservatives can't speak at a liberal college someone might get offended.