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In reply to the discussion: Anyone thinking of pulling their money from the banks and Wall St. until the threat of a possible [View all]Tansy_Gold
(18,060 posts)Call me cynical or even paranoid, but I don't think the threat of fascism will go away even with a sweeping Biden win in November. We are in a lose-lose situation, and our electeds aren't doing much to fix it, maybe because they can't.
Heads they win, tails we lose:
If TFG returns to power, he will unleash MAGA violence against the woke liberal left in revenge. I think this is a given at this point.
If TFG doesn't return to power, MAGAts promise violence against the woke liberal left. Nothing is being done to prevent this. The whole "stop the steal" 2024 program is already in high gear, and frankly, the media loves it.
The billionaires love it, too. They love watching the hoi polloi fight it out amongst themselves, because they know they're untouchable. Until the fighting war starts impacting The Rich, nothing will happen. France, 1793. Russia, 1918.
Congressional GOP is in TFG's pocket, whether through ideological agreement or blackmail/threats. Congressional Dems are too timid to stand up, with few exceptions. Protecting their own wealth? Denial of reality? I don't know.
I do, however, think contingency plans are a good idea.