I would say that Lin Wood is calling for Trump to be a dictator and purge his political opponents like Saddam Hussein (1979 Ba'ath Party Purge), Hitler (Night of the Long Knives), Stalin (The Great Purge), Mao Zedong (Cleansing the Class Ranks), et. al. This is highly undemocratic and extremely frightening.
As if there's anything remotely democratic about the system he would be purging. If you told the Athenians, let alone the founding fathers, that an imperialistic police state which
imprisoned and tortured its own people in military black sites,
spent billions on foreign aid to nations that hate us while letting its own people starve, and
locked up huge portions of its population for decades with no hope of ever living a normal life
was a "democracy", they'd think you were mocking them.
So you are openly in favour of the American president to purge his political opponents?
Also, I would not use the ancient Athen as a good example of a democracy. Not only because only a small subset of the population could vote, but also because of the fact that they had a legal right to purge their political opponents (Ostracism). And the fact that they voted for the execution of Socrates, even though he wasn't guilty of doing any crime.
Nice way to dodge the point. Pearl-clutching and pilpul isn't an argument. Do you contend that there is anything good about the US government murdering dozens of US citizens, as in Waco? Private citizens at will, as in Ruby Ridge? Defying its own laws and constitution, as it has with gun laws? Putting its constituents last, as it has with the spending bill? Sending armed police to imprison its citizens in their own homes without due process, as it has during the lockdowns? Openly and provably committing voter fraud, as it has this past year?
If not, do you contend that there is any way of preventing or solving these problems that is achievable without the consent of those who perpetrated these acts? Because you will never get Mitch McConnell to vote for his having LESS power.
Using a list of unconnected things is not a good argument.
Even if I would admit that there isn't anything good about the US government murdering dozens of US citizens in the early 90s, how would it be solved if Donald Trump suddenly became a dictator? Or to take Trump out of the question, how would the situation be improved if the legislative and judicial branches of government would be purged and the executive branch became the only power in the country?
Also, the other things in your list is just dodging the point. For example, I could argue that Trump himself was guilty of 'putting his constituents last' with his own budget plan, but that is not the point.
The point is that you are supportive of Trump being an actual dictator by purging his political opponents. If you did not support his politics you would not want him to be a dictator, right?
I would say that Lin Wood is calling for Trump to be a dictator and purge his political opponents like Saddam Hussein (1979 Ba'ath Party Purge), Hitler (Night of the Long Knives), Stalin (The Great Purge), Mao Zedong (Cleansing the Class Ranks), et. al. This is highly undemocratic and extremely frightening.
As if there's anything remotely democratic about the system he would be purging. If you told the Athenians, let alone the founding fathers, that an imperialistic police state which
was a "democracy", they'd think you were mocking them.
So you are openly in favour of the American president to purge his political opponents?
Also, I would not use the ancient Athen as a good example of a democracy. Not only because only a small subset of the population could vote, but also because of the fact that they had a legal right to purge their political opponents (Ostracism). And the fact that they voted for the execution of Socrates, even though he wasn't guilty of doing any crime.
Nice way to dodge the point. Pearl-clutching and pilpul isn't an argument. Do you contend that there is anything good about the US government murdering dozens of US citizens, as in Waco? Private citizens at will, as in Ruby Ridge? Defying its own laws and constitution, as it has with gun laws? Putting its constituents last, as it has with the spending bill? Sending armed police to imprison its citizens in their own homes without due process, as it has during the lockdowns? Openly and provably committing voter fraud, as it has this past year?
If not, do you contend that there is any way of preventing or solving these problems that is achievable without the consent of those who perpetrated these acts? Because you will never get Mitch McConnell to vote for his having LESS power.
Using a list of unconnected things is not a good argument.
Even if I would admit that there isn't anything good about the US government murdering dozens of US citizens in the early 90s, how would it be solved if Donald Trump suddenly became a dictator? Or to take Trump out of the question, how would the situation be improved if the legislative and judicial branches of government would be purged and the executive branch became the only power in the country?
Also, the other things in your list is just dodging the point. For example, I could argue that Trump himself was guilty of 'putting his constituents last' with his own budget plan, but that is not the point.
The point is that you are supportive of Trump being an actual dictator by purging his political opponents. If you did not support his politics you would not want him to be a dictator, right?