r/InternationalNews • u/Passervore • Apr 24 '24

Opinion/Analysis Biden launches police-state crackdown at US universities

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/04/24/vcgw-a24.html
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u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 Apr 24 '24

The only way to force it is to stop voting for the Democrats conservative nominees they force through the primary. Only refusing to vote for their terrible candidates can fix this. We should only be voting for candidates we actually like, the whole "strategic voting" thing makes the system not work right.

That being said this probably isn't the right time to do that with Trump being the other one.

But since Biden keeps sending millions to kill Palestinian children I just don't know if I can stomach supporting him.

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u/PenguinSunday Apr 25 '24

Trump will not be better.

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u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 Apr 25 '24

No shit, but the next one after Biden's failure will be better

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u/PenguinSunday Apr 25 '24

Not if Trump gets into office. I don't want to support Biden for his actions wrt Israel either, but I'd also like to not become a dictatorship. I fucking hate that our electoral system has forced us into this.

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u/jayr254 Apr 25 '24

People keep saying Trump will form a dictatorship. But how does he accomplish that? Will it happen in a vacuum without the Americans having a say?

Something I've wanted to ask for a hot minute now... Isn't Trump coming in and trying to create a dictatorship the best "alarm" for the regular Joe and Jane to wake up and go to the streets and finally reclaim their country/democracy? Maybe a Trump presidency is what finally starts a grass root revolution that turns US into the bastion of democracy they claim to be. Or is the risk too large?

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u/PenguinSunday Apr 25 '24

There are articles upon articles of people talking about how he would accomplish it. Republicans are pretty open about wanting it now.

If he gains power, it would be about military support. If he has the support of the military, they can quash any opposition pretty fast. The "alarm" has been ringing for ages, but Republicans don't care, they want this. They are trying to make sure the rest of us don't care either through disinformation, voter roll purges, intimidation and disenfranchisement. Biden helping a genocide isn't exactly doing wonders for his campaign either.

America has not been the bastion of democracy it claims to be for a long time.