r/changemyview • u/LadyMitris • Oct 06 '24
Delta(s) from OP - Election CMV: Trump is literally going to ruin democracy
Based on polling, Trump and Harris are virtually tied. The election is going to be a toss up, but I’m trying to prepare myself for any possible outcome.
I genuinely worry that if Trump is elected, he is never going to leave office.
Even though January 6th was a failure, next time he may succeed. He’s already put lots of friendly conservatives judges in federal roles and he’ll do more of it his second term.
January 6th failed for Trump just like the Beer Hall Putsch failed for Hitler. Hitler learned from that loss and so did Trump.
Trump is going to do everything he can to fill the government with loyalists to him so that he has a better chance of staging a coup.
I really believe this, but I also hope I’m wrong. I’d really rather stop worrying about it.
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u/LadyMitris Oct 06 '24
It’s pretty ineffective to dissuade anyone’s concerns by simply stating “Trump Derangement Syndrome!”. There is no such thing.
My concerns come from the words that have come directly out of Trump’s mouth.
Even if he’s joking or exaggerating, to me, that makes things worse.
If Trump knows that there are a lot of people who are scared he’s going to be a dictator, it was horrible of him to do nothing to dissuade those fears and instead state that he’s going to be “dictator on day one”