Yes. He will keep broadening the definition of “terrorist” and narrowing the definition of “citizen.” Not saying it will work, but I believe he will try. I think there’s plenty of evidence showing that it’s a real threat.
Hasn’t worked. People are furious about the deaths and the kidnappings.
And something people don’t understand about the East German regime — people calculate that half the country was spying on the other, implying the stasi was half the population. But it was neighbors denouncing each other as counterrevolutionaries over petty squabbles.
Donald has accidentally united people against him, not divided us.
To what end, though? To find out if people oppose them? We do.
Take a list of everyone who opposes them.
Sort by strength of opposition.
Use every tool of intelligence gathering to comb over each person’s life looking for crimes to charge them with.
Store opposition in prison until power is secured, then whatever the Supreme Leader wishes.
To track, intimidate and eventually disappear activists I imagine
What, everyone? 2/3 of the country oppose the orangutan.
So…
Yes. He will keep broadening the definition of “terrorist” and narrowing the definition of “citizen.” Not saying it will work, but I believe he will try. I think there’s plenty of evidence showing that it’s a real threat.
They make examples of a few to cow the rest into submission. Classic authoritarianism playbook.
Hasn’t worked. People are furious about the deaths and the kidnappings.
And something people don’t understand about the East German regime — people calculate that half the country was spying on the other, implying the stasi was half the population. But it was neighbors denouncing each other as counterrevolutionaries over petty squabbles.
Donald has accidentally united people against him, not divided us.
Dude, totally. I’m just talking about the playbook they’re using. I’m not saying it’s remotely working for them.