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Septua

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Tue Dec 2, 2025, 06:09 PM Tuesday

Rachel defines one trait of an authoritarian

I've posted part of a discussion Rachel Maddow had with Nichole Wallace on Deadline White House today:

An authoritarian leader wants unified command over everybody who has a gun; he wants them all answerable to him and he wants to be able to use them without restraint. And he wants to be able to use them on his own people.

So, once you start thinking like Trump does, about what power really means to him: when he talks about that there can't be illegal orders by virtue of the fact that when he gives an order, that means they have to do it, gives you real insight into what he thinks the military is for.

And he wants to use them domestically and he wants to use them for everything and he doesn’t see the value of any other form of governing.
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Rachel defines one trait of an authoritarian (Original Post) Septua Tuesday OP
Scary as Shit! Hitler Was Not Nearly This Psychotic, Although He Was Equally Vile in Many Other Respects The Roux Comes First Tuesday #1
And we have to remember that there are all sorts of people behind trump supporting him in his actions. Biophilic Tuesday #2
Millions... Septua Tuesday #4
Kick. N/T Upthevibe Tuesday #3

The Roux Comes First

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1. Scary as Shit! Hitler Was Not Nearly This Psychotic, Although He Was Equally Vile in Many Other Respects
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 06:13 PM
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Biophilic

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2. And we have to remember that there are all sorts of people behind trump supporting him in his actions.
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 08:25 PM
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This is not just one man, but hundreds.

Septua

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4. Millions...
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 09:23 PM
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The Trump kooks hate Democrat politics so badly, they support a man determined to destroy the government as we know it. Mind boggling...

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