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Democrats need 3 republican reps and 20 senators to remove Trump. 7 Republican Senators voted to convict Trump in 2021 for comparison by the way, he was impeached by the house twice. It's unbelievable to me that there wouldn't be 13 more Republican Senators vote against dictatorship, vote against election interference. It's unbelievable to me that most Republican voters wouldn't oppose it, the military, SCOTUS even. I'm disturbed that you people are disturbed by those thoughts. Rich people would also not want to disturb democracy, what has made them their money, they just want de-regulation. Why would anyone besides the sole dictator want a dictatorship, even republicans? Why would they want to give up their vote? Not only that, this would completely shut off the U.S. from the rest of the West, all of the rich people would lose their international business. In dictatorships the dictator steals the rich's money even. My point about Trumps approval rating is that he is doing what most of his voters want, I doubt they even read project 2025 but I think they knew he wanted to do those things, he himself has explicitly stated he was going to do these things.

Can you know that those are from God? Or are you just using the term God as a name for what everything comes from, something you don't understand?

Did you believe trump when he said he wasn't associated with 2025? This video is a year ago of him talking about shutting down these departments 7 years ago, he says he will disband fbi Where are the Trump voter calls for impeachment then? They don't exist, Trumps approval rating is like 80% amongst Republican voters after implementing these policies. Where is the Trump voter outrage, I have not seen it. What are you afraid of he or musk will do, I don't understand what you think he can do, eliminate elections? Republican Congress will not allow that.

You don't claim to know God or know what God is?

Isn't it really the foundation of Democratic policy to fight those things; cheating, lies, voter suppression, and minority rule? Healthcare and tax reform are targeting cheating, the thought is the current dynamic is unfair, the rich are cheating. Pollution, climate change, these are both about the same kind of cheating and lies. Taking power aggressively or suppressing votes would be oppressing the people, not doing the will of the people. ETA; It's funny how socialists exclude Democrats from the left until they want to criticize them for not being oppressive.

But do you understand what God is, can you explain it, or is God used as a term meaning what you don't understand and can't explain? You say creator, but do you understand how God is the creator, or are you just admitting it's just a hopeful belief and that you don't actually know or understand, the term God is just a placeholder for what is not understood? ETA; What exactly are you trying to communicate with the word 'God'?

It's not authoritarian, it's oppressive. You cannot have authoritarianism while you have free elections, Trump has not corrupted any election, Biden was in charge during this election, why did democrats hand over the presidency without any fight at all actually if it was corrupted? Has congress convicted Trump with impeachment proceedings to remove him? No, and congress is the elected representatives of the people. Trump and Congress are doing the will of the people, Congress has approved these department heads, congress elected by the people, an election that happened under Biden. All of the departments are under the President, the entire executive branch. There were constant lawsuits under Biden too, look at the student loan forgiveness lawsuit, lawsuits on him not enforcing immigration laws. The "deep state" has no check on the president, he can fire anyone in the executive branch, this has been done before and affirmed by SCOTUS, the only check is by congressional impeachment, and election by the people, he clears both of those. Washington Examiner https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/1763880/biden-admits-he-is-proudly-and-deliberately-breaking-the-law Biden admits he is proudly and deliberately breaking the law Aug 4, 2021 · When asked about the legal obstacles this policy would inevitably run into, President Joe Biden admitted that what his administration is doing is illegal, but he said he doesn’t car https://www.yahoo.com › news AOC Renews Calls for Biden Administration to Defy Federal Court … Apr 22, 2023 · Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) has doubled down on calls for the Biden administration to defy federal courts, including the nation’s highest, which she

That's not authoritarianism, a president is over the entire executive branch, every presidency appoints their chosen officials to head departments. Authoritarianism would be doing away with or corrupting elections. Removing what check on power? The only check on a president's power is impeachment. It's the president's discretion on which laws to execute and which not to, for example the keystone xl pipeline was approved by congress in a previous administration and when Biden came in he unilaterally cancelled it. A president has the ability to not enforce any law, he can have elon do whatever he wants and pardon him so even future administrations cannot prosecute him, the president himself is the person in charge of enforcing the laws. Just like a president's ability to veto any law can be overridden with a supermajority of congress, the same amount is to remove a president with a conviction from impeachment. There's no destruction of Democracy anywhere in sight, what are you referring to?

How is it authoritarian if the people elected him to enact the exact executive orders he's enacting, project 2025 was public and Republicans have always supported dismantling all of these programs. America elected not only him as president, but a republican congress, this is the will of the people you're seeing, every single act.

They can walk on their own, I don't know of any grand claims about them you might be referring to. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/reports-teslas-prototype-optimus-robots-were-controlled-by-humans/

It's not an authoritarian takeover, him and congress were elected for these changes, that's democracy.

What are they afraid of?

Elon is running a hail marry, Tesla is a fraud on the scale of Enron and he will actually face potential prison time when the Ponzi scheme musical chairs music stops. The valuation for Tesla is based on Autonomous Self Driving, something he promised completion on 5 years ago and he isn't appreciably closer to it today. His competitor in this frontier is actually Google that owns Waymo, whom have had successful technology for years and is about to greatly expand their market after extensive testing in select cities. The next phase of Google's deployment could easily tank Tesla if it's successful, I think good things can come out of the ashes of the dumpster fire, a lot of poor people are going to be hurt during all of this I don't think that's acceptable or necessary, but there are structural improvements that would not be as accessible as they will be after demolition. For example, it appears inevitable to me that the federal departments currently being dismantled will be built up at the state level, I think this will lead to more state level government ran healthcare. I think it would do good for the U.S. to be less centralized than we are, varying and more flexible state governments could bring forth some improvement. We definitely have a dumpster fire to endure, if not a recession then more extreme inflation from federal stimulus again to avoid a recession. And in the mid term, I'm thinking 10 to 15 years, this could make an impact on the position the U.S. has in the world. He is now going after Japan, this is more devastating than Canada, Japanese relations will be much harder to mend even with U.S. regime change. The most I expect with global conflict is China taking Taiwan, other than that just a lot of terrorist attacks. If you want to do something, run for any office and get more involved in liberal circles, help others run for office, stay involved in public discourse try to find groups you can stand, and contact republican representatives to give them your views.

Then what is the point of the name God, if it's not thinking about God? Just a name for what you don't understand, how you don't understand how everything is created? Sort of just giving up and co-opting the name God used by superstitious cultures? Would it have been more confusing for Jesus to just explain things this way rather than using the term father when referring to god, and heaven as a place rather than a state of being? It seems to me his rhetoric is more confusing and unbelievable than yours, to me it even seems misleading, like it would leave people in confusion for 2,000 years killing other people that claim another father God. Your rhetoric is simple and straight to the point.

So if someone is happy without acknowledging God, what would you say to them? "You're not truly happy"? What would the difference be between following God, and just doing what makes you happy without thinking about God? What's the point of focusing on God at all? Say someone just appreciates being and what is happening around them, why do they need to know about God? Is the following not judgment?

No. The rich, the military, and even most republicans would oppose not only dictatorship but the coming recession from the instability currently being created. Trump was elected to cut government programs, his support from most republicans ends there. Blue wave coming.

If God is everything, how could you not follow God, even 'evil' doings would be God, is it even possible to not follow God? Would you also follow this God if it didn't bring you happiness?

If God is everything then does anything matter? I presume you're believing in a purpose to your life, the reason for you to follow this God, or is there no reason to follow God? I don't understand what the point of your God is, is it just comfort? How would your life be different if you did not know this God?

So by God do you just mean a purpose to life, or how do you try to describe it? Is your perception of God just a hopeful belief, faith, or do you think it is a matter of fact and certain? How does believing in this God affect your life?

Do you not believe in worship or doctrine? Is the following not "looking without for signs"?

The Peterson Process

Would God be happier with us if we worship no God, given that we've not been presented with convincing evidence, obviously anyone would believe in God if God were revealed to them. Or would God be happier if we accidently worship the wrong God, possibly even leading others to the false God's teachings, in a desperate attempt to please God and avoid hell?

I'm amused by the Christian Pseudo-Intellectual arguments that all morality sets are from indoctrination, yet the fear of suffering such as from eternity in hell is assumed to be natural. All of following Christianity is based on avoiding hell, can someone fear suffering without Christianity, if so, can't they then also understand morality without Christianity given that morality is based on not causing suffering. If someone cannot fear suffering without Christianity, then why would non-Christians need to fear the suffering of hell, given that they don't understand suffering how would they suffer if they don't even know suffering. Either people naturally understand suffering and therefore morality, therefore they don't need God, or they don't understand suffering and therefore need not fear the suffering of hell, either way God has no purpose other than a scapegoat for community leaders.

What hegemony, there never even was one, the U.S. never compared to the British empire. What makes you think the U.S. ever had a hegemony? Who has the U.S. ever dominated, Puerto Rico?

I think Ezra Klein explains the current barrage of lunacy in his recent video. It's a tactic from Steve Bannon and has as little efficacy as you would expect coming from the Bannon think tank.