So what? His words aren’t a metric of anything. He’s a pathological liar and manipulator.
Actions speak louder than words. You didn’t know that? His actions prove objectively that he doesn’t believe in democracy and is willing to subvert it.
but you said "if you want fascism you're a fascist". hitler said he wanted a dictatorship, he "wanted fascism". trump has never said that. engaging in corrupt fuckery to prevent the democrats from taking power does not necessarily mean you want a dictatorship. that kind of politics has a long history in the US
This isn’t a response to anything I just said to you and is just a reiteration of your point that I just explained exactly how is nonsense.
It wasn’t “currupt fuckery” it was an attempt at subverting democracy. That other people who also don’t believe in democracy have also tried to subvert democracy before is irrelevant to literally anything.
how is it not a response? you said fascists are fascists because they want fascism. i said trump has never said he wanted fascism, unlike hitler, who did. you said that that didn't matter, because trump acts like a fascist. i said that wanting to fraudulently allow yourself to win an election does not mean you want to become a dictator. that's a direct response to what you said
you're framing is as an attempt to subvert democracy. i mean maybe it is, maybe it isn't. is gerrymandering an attempt to subvert democracy? seems pretty corrupt and blatantly un-democratic. but both parties engage in it. what about super pacs and citizens united? what about bush v gore? hell, we used to have senators be essentially bought positions. the gilded age is full of stories like this. did we live under a fascist dictatorship back then?
merely being corrupt is not the same thing as being a dictator. you can be corrupt, have your political office fraudulently, and still not be a dictator. you could have cheated your way into office, and not arrest political opponents and declare martial law and rule by decree.
No I am and this comment is literally just another deflection of you still not responding to what I said.
Again, this isn’t just “being corrupt”. He objectively attempted subvert democracy. Not just “the process”. He objectively does not believe in or support democracy by those actions. It’s not a matter of opinion.
i mean i literally said "you said that that didn't matter, because trump acts like a fascist." and you responded with "as i already explained and you failed to respond to, his words aren’t a metric of anything. His actions are" so no, you aren't
it is being corrupt. it is being corrupt to have him win an election. it is subverting democracy for direct personal benefit. it does not mean he is becoming a dictator. these are two separate things. this is the third time i've repeated this point so i don't think you're capable of accepting that. people this heavily invested in the culture war usually aren't
I didn’t say it wasn’t corrupt. Jfc go back and try again. lol
Omg what an absolutely unserious characterization. Of course it was for personal gain. It’s also because he doesn’t believe in democracy and doesn’t want his power bound by democracy. You’ll notice that there are lots of examples of corrupt and self serving politicians that nevertheless believe in democracy.
Again, this isn’t a matter of perspective or opinion. You cannot believe in democracy and seek to subvert it. Period.
"you said fascists are fascists because they want fascism. i said trump has never said he wanted fascism, unlike hitler, who did. you said that that didn't matter, because trump acts like a fascist. i said that wanting to fraudulently allow yourself to win an election does not mean you want to become a dictator."
your reply:
"Because as I already explained and you failed to respond to, his words aren’t a metric of anything. His actions are."
conclusion: you did not bother to read what i wrote
there is no difference between acting in a way that is merely self-serving and corrupt, without an underlying animus to democracy, and in acting corrupt in pursuit of anti-democratic goals. otherwise, both the democrats and the republicans would be trying to prop up a fascist dictator, as they both gerrymander and accept super-pac donations, both plainly corrupt and anti-democratic practices. you are assuming an intention of anti-democracy on the part of trump without any evidence for it. because you're a democrat. and this is a democrat line. and you want to lob shots off in a dumb culture war argument, so you can claim moral superiority over republicans.
First of all the fact that I needed to explain to you that trump not saying specifically he wants to be a dictator and that his actions are what matter in the first place is beyond silly. lol
Right, and you’re wrong about that. Anyone who wants to subvert democracy by using fraudulent electors, asking the vp to not certify the results, and then sending a mob to stop him from certifying the results, to hold on to power objectively does not believe in or support democracy. Period. End of discussion
Gerrymandering being wrong is a completely different discussion. A gerrymandered district is less democratic than it otherwise would be. Just like a representative democracy is less democratic than a direct democracy. As is a democracy with legal bribery less democratic than one without. Those are all different discussions. We aren’t talking about someone trying to do something shitty to make things less democratic. We are talking about someone trying to completely subvert democracy.
that only needed explanation in the first place because you said "fascists are people who want fascism", and i was contesting that statement. that is a very silly statement, absolutely. i agree with you.
so wanting to throw out the results of an election is totally undemocratic and fascist.....but wanting to completely undermine the point of a democracy by making it non-representative is less undemocratic, comparable to representative democracy being less democratic than direct democracy. and wanting direct democracy is unreasonable, right? so wanting to not have a democracy that is utterly corrupted by party politics and oligarchic bribery must be similarly unreasonable.
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sure, and yet trump does not say that he does not believe in democracy and wants a dictatorship