[CodingJeebus]

In some ways, I agree and in others, we’re still very far away from it. Germany had extra-judicial killing squads terrorizing communities, that still seems very far away for us.

If he does send troops to Chicago as he says he intends to, the court challenges are going to be critical.

[geekamongus]

Today's situation seemed very far away from us 6 months ago.

[Trasmatta]

But also not at all surprising to those of us that were paying attention 6 months ago (or, more accurately, for the past decade).

I'm continually shook that America voted for the man that explicitly said he was going to be a dictator.

[DaveZale]

well, our "best friend and ally" who gets free money and weapons (including nukes) is doing it. A very slippery slope to be allied with a regime that's been overtaken by ultraorthodox maniacs, and it's also bad for Jews everywhere.

[nabla9]

Only if you don't think brown people are people. There is whole Wikipedia page: Detention and deportation of American citizens in the second Trump administration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_and_deportation_of_A...

ps. Facism is not defined by amount of violence.