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  1. Posted

    Just now, Leo Gura said:

    Massive protests at the least.

    But honestly I have no idea how it will play out. All I can predict is chaos.

    Trump is a chaos agent so predicting what will happen under him is nearly impossible.

    Is another actual Civil War like the one we had in the 1860s now on the table in the future? Could nuclear warfare be a lot more in play?

  2. Posted · Edited by Hardkill

    On 7/9/2024 at 9:25 PM, Leo Gura said:

    If Trump wins the election it will be too late. Protests will not stop him. In fact, he can use those protests as an excuse to declare martial law.

    The key is that this needs to be foreseen by the people now, he needs to be stopped now, not after the election.

    You are not going to stop him if he has official legal power. The Supreme Court just gave him nearly unlimited power.

    People need to take this seriously now, as if he was being elected as dictator, because that's really what is at stake here.

    How would more at least half of the people in the US be able to find a way to successfully overcome the combined unimaginable force of a dictator's use of the most powerful military in the history of the world, the corrupt Supreme Court, corruption of all law enforcement, and the rise in corporate tyranny in our country with a new Trump presidency? 

    Are there any specific historical precedents for this?

  3. Posted · Edited by Hardkill

    1 hour ago, Leo Gura said:

    It's hard to be a great leader when he can barely speak.

    Being president requires inspiring confidence in the people. Biden is incapable of that due to his senility. His voice barely works.

    Most people perceived Reagan to be too old and too senile to run for another term as president when he ran for re-election in 1984. He had serious signs of Alzheimer's by coming off as really forgetful, and stumbled a lot. He also did terrible in his first debate against his Dem opponent Mondale. Yet, Reagan won re-election in an historic landslide.

    When FDR was dying and looked very sickly during his re-election run for a 4th presidential term, all of his advisers, many other people close to him, and many other Democrats in his party said urged FDR not to run again. They called him a cripple who was finished. Yet, he too proved them wrong when he won 4th term in another historic landslide.

  4. Posted · Edited by Hardkill

    8 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

    People are asleep politically. Once they get a feel of the consequence of Trumpism they will start to wake up.

    Trumpism is a toxic but loud minority position. A loud toxic minority is trying to capture and rule the majority.

    Many Americans are traditional, but not in this toxic Trumpist way. Trumpism is hijacking those traditional values and seducing people into evil. Many people will get seduced, but eventually they will wake up by seeing the horrible consequences.

    Oh I see. So, it's because over the past 3 and half years now Trump hasn't been in the political spotlight much and Biden and the Dems greatly reverse so much of the damage Trump caused to people during his term. Biden and his party made historic progressive changes for this country. So, a lot people have forgotten how horrible Trump was as president.

    Also, you're saying that most Americans either lean conservative or are staunch conservatives, they still aren't as reactionary or aren't as extreme to the right as Trump, MAGA, or racist hate groups are.

    Now, at the same time, why do most Americans like all of the center-left or left-wing policies that have been implemented throughout US History when most Americans are traditional, selfish, corrupt, and ignorant?

  5. Posted

    Just now, Leo Gura said:

    Being the light does not require you to fight head-on. You fight just by not letting yourself get corrupted.

    Okay, it's one thing to keep my integrity, but people can't just survive and thrive on morals alone. 

    So, why is that kind of stuff unpopular to most Americans if all of those ideas or policies aligns with the fact that most Americans are tradition-oriented and are ignorant, selfish, and corrupt?

  6. Posted · Edited by Hardkill

    6 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

    Yes, that could happen.

    But remember, even Hitler was defeated with not too long. This kind of stuff is unpopular and unsustainable.

    Be the light.

    Wait, but why is that kind of stuff unpopular to most Americans if all of those ideas or policies aligns with the fact that most Americans are tradition-oriented and are ignorant, selfish, and corrupt?

    How can I be the light if I don't have the resources or the manpower or the charisma to fight back?

  7. Posted

    14 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

    Trump is bad in the short-term but good in the long-term because his shameless corruption exposes the corruption of everyone who sides with him. He implicates everyone who supports him and the entire system. He is a litmus test for integrity and higher values.

    Eventually everything Trump stands for will fail and get disproven. But it will take a long time.

    but why does it matter when about half of the entire country about forgotten about how horrific Trump was in office? Why do so many Americans no longer give a damn about his monstrosity anymore?

    Even after he's dead most people are going to forget about everything he did and go back to being the ignorant fools that they've always been and elect another radical right-wing authoritarian or disastrous right-wing president.

  9. Posted · Edited by Hardkill

    11 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

    @Hardkill In the big picture, going through this corrupt phase in American politics is necessary in order to clean out the system.

    Think of it like popping a pimple. But this pimple takes 20 years to pop.

    But if Trump gets to effectively become a dictator starting on day one and he will have full command of the most powerful military in the world, the FBI and the law enforcement won't be able to stop him, the Supreme Court will never stop him, and the Dems in Congress who are too feckless and never fight back like hell?

    Even when Trump passes away and another radical right-wing authoritarian like possibly DeSantis or Vance take his place as the future king of America, who will be able to stop those monsters?

    Plus, the propaganda of the right-wing media ecosystem is still too strong!

    Too many Americans don't give a shit about what the hell is going on in our country. 

    Right now, it's extremely difficult for me to see how any of these factors change fast enough to save our country before it's too late if Trump becomes a dictator.

    Even you said all of this recently yourself.

    So, what can be done from a practical standpoint in such a dark dystopian scenario?

     

  11. Posted · Edited by Hardkill

    3 hours ago, aurum said:

    Dude you need to grow some balls right now.

    Democracy is not a given. It’s something that needs to be fought for. How do you think we got democracy in the first place?

    You have some of the better political takes on this forum. Do not waste that. We actually need people who are informed and who care about these issues right now.

    I thank you for your support. 

    Though, it's very hard for me to see what I can do if not enough people are willing to listen to the right things because too many Americans have are too ignorant and too complacent. Not to mention, how can someone like me effectively cut through all of the noise of terrible misinformation out there in this day and age, particularly when I don't even have resources that a rich person or a successful business has to get out the message?

    Plus, what if Trump uses his newfound power as president to suppress all dissent?

  12. Posted · Edited by Hardkill

    5 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

    Right-wing media will smear anyone who threatens them. Stop caring.

    Gavin would bitch-slap Trump in a debate. He's one of the few strong Dems with balls.

    But you said it before that the right-wing media ecosystem has brainwashed way too many ignorant Americans. That's why the 2020 election was much closer of an election than it should have been.

    Well, it doesn't matter because debates presidential general election have no predictive value. John Kerry won all of his debates against Bush in 2004, but he lost the election. Hillary won all of her debates against Trump in 2016, but she lost the election.

    Campaigns in presidential general election also don't really matter either unless it's a truly exceptional charismatic candidate or legendary war hero like Eisenhower. Trump ran a much more energetic campaign than Biden did in 2020, but lost to Biden. William Jennings Bryan in both the 1896 and 1900 presidential elections was exceptionally charismatic and ran an extremely energetic campaign while his GOP opponent McKinley in each of those elections had a lackluster personality and had a front-porch. Bryan still lost both of those elections.

  13. Posted

    1 minute ago, BlueOak said:

    Life's a balance of emotions and logic. You have your emotional fears, but you also have your emotional ties too to consider.

    Logically, you must ask yourself: do my life's plans work better in America or another country? Have you visited these countries? If not, that's a good first step: spend time away from tourists and get to know the locals. Every country has its pros and cons, research them, ask about them, etc.

    America is full of drama on its media to the point its comical if you step back from it. So definitely having some time away from the TV or screen would be a good idea before you make a major decision. Don't forget these emotions or bury them but at the same time put them in the context of your life.
     

    I have visited the UK, France, Italy, Mexico, Israel, and a few others.

    I really wouldn't live in Israel or in Mexico. I am thinking about possibly living in the UK or Canada, but I am really not sure because yes every country has its pros and cons.

    I really don't know.

  14. Posted · Edited by Hardkill

    44 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

    Dude, stop capitualting their bullshit narratives.

    Trump is a fucking fake TV bullshit conartist criminal and rapist.

    Don't do their work for them.

    No, I know that what they've been saying has been bullshit. However, I've been hearing from a lot of people outside of California who are moderates and independents who already have a preconceived notion about him as being a disastrous liberal.because of how much he has already been smeared heavily by so much of the media out there.

    The media environment we have been living in has kept ruining too many good possible candidates for all kinds of very important offices in our country.

    Even though the right-wing media ecosystem has lost some of its influence in recent years, it's still too much of a powerful cancerous force for us liberals/progressives in many ways.

  15. Posted

    America has become one of the most corrupt and one of the most undemocratic countries developed countries in the world. If Trump win in 2024, then America will be just like Hungary, if not possibly become as corrupt and authoritarian as Russia is.

    During the last several months, I was becoming increasingly more hopeful about the possibility of our country really being on its way to become a more free, more democratic, and more egalitarian kind of country.

    Now, I am feel this great sense of impending doom for our country and for my own safety here in America if Trump wins.

    I've tried many times to stop watching the news, but I really can't help myself, especially given how terrifying and insane things have now gotten.

    I've really become so sick to my stomach about this whole 2024 election.

    I really have become disgusted with all of the current media outlets out there who have been fucking with our elections by how they've influence too many people idiots and corrupt people in our country to vote the wrong way. I really hate the media environment we have had for years! It will be the death of us all!

    I am angry about the wealthy and corporate elite who are doing everything they can to take over this country with their money and power, while still being aware of how much more and more people in our country are still struggling to rent or buy a home. 

    Hell, I am becoming frightened now about our freedoms and rights being possibly gone under a Trump dictatorship.

    Even what Leo has recently been saying about what Trump, MAGA, the radical right-wing federal courts, and the rest of the right-wing plan to do with this country through project 2025 and their continuing erosion of our country's democracy and republic, makes me feel we could lose our whole country to true hard right fascists!

    So, why should I or anyone else who lives in the USA want to stay in America?

    Why should I as an America truly feel proud of my country if we keep letting our country getting lead and governed by more and more and more corrupt people in power?

    😱 

  16. Posted · Edited by Hardkill

    2 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

    It would be amazing if Gavin somehow ran. He would wipe the floor with Trump and Trump fears him the most.

    Kamala is iffy, but better than Biden.

    Republicans will find a way to demonize anyone, so that doesn't really matter. They invent their demonizations out of thin air. It's just their propaganda machine. They turn it on anyone Dems elect.

    As much as I respect Gavin Newsom myself, he would lose Trump. Millions and millions don't like California and they've made it clear that they don't really trust him because he's comes as either too liberal for them or too much of a greasy car salesman.

    I worry that the right-wing media has already demonized him too much as "Greasy Gavin," who is an incompetent radical left politician who has done a terrible job of running California, even though I don't really agree with that. I also can imagine all of the right-wing media and even the mainstream media go on and on and on about the whole "French laundry" incident Newsom was involved in that partly contributed to him going through a recall election.

    Also, he doesn't have a record of immense accomplishments at a national to run on like Biden does or have the exceptional level of gravitas that Biden has.

    If he becomes the next Democratic nominee for president, then I wouldn't have a problem with that because, because presidential general elections are primarily a referendum on the governance of the party in power. However, nobody knows for certain if even he can make it through the presidential primaries. Let alone, we don't even know for certain if he truly has that exceptional once-in-generation charisma that appeals to the broad spectrum of voters like FDR or Obama in 2008 until he has been fully tested by all of the pressures of the presidential primaries.

    For all we know, Newsom could turn out to be an even worse presidential candidate than we thought. Many people, especially the Republicans themselves thought that Ron DeSantis would a terrific replacement for Trump as their leader because he would a much younger, more competent, more discipline version of "Trump without the baggage" and has had a great successful record of being a politician. He was supposed to be this promising rising conservative Republican young star in politics. Yet, not only did he lose badly Trump, but even Nikki Hayley did better than him. Kamala Harris and Corey Booker were expected to be very charismatic and strong presidential candidates in the 2020 presidential primaries, but surprisingly did poorly.

  17. Posted · Edited by Hardkill

    8 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

    No he hasn't. I follow the news every day and I have no idea what Biden's vision is for the next 4 years. Zero. He is too old and weak to deliver a vision. I am not excited for the next 4 years, I am only hoping to avert a Trump disaster.

    But this is not enough to entice most voters.

    He did lay out a number of progressive ideas for the country for a 2nd Biden term when he gave a speech in Detroit, Michigan recently.

    He will continue to repeat on the campaign trail. Also, Harris, Obama, and everyone of Biden’s surrogates will help sell his vision for the country as the campaign continues to unfold.

  18. Posted · Edited by Hardkill

    30 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

    It doesn't need to. Trump's strategy is to drive out a fired up base vs Biden whose base is flacid and divided.

    This is a battle of which side is more passionate and enthusiastic. Biden has given his base nothing to be excited about, which is a deadly mistake.

    Biden has recently put out his bold progressive vision for the country.

    Also, it looks like there has been a record number of older white voters switching over to Biden. There's been a record number of Republican voters against Trump.

    Also, what if Obama comes out swinging hard for Biden?

    Plus, what about the fact that ever since 2018, the Republicans have lost an extraordinary amount of elections because of Trump's right-wing extremism and chaotic vibe?

    Either way, if study the whole history of US presidential elections going all the way back to 1860, a presidential election is the only kind of elections where campaigns have no predictive value. This is because of the fact that presidential elections always garner the most amount of attention nationwide compare to any other election throughout the whole country. That's why a presidential election is the only race where it's primarily about how well the party in power has governed.

    Biden must run for re-election in order to maintain both the incumbency advantage and to best maintain the unity of the whole party for the Democratic party's best chances of winning the 2024 presidential election. Without Biden in the race (or him resigning the presidency to Harris ASAP) then Dems will very likely lose to Trump.

  20. Posted · Edited by Hardkill

    37 minutes ago, Husseinisdoingfine said:

    BREAKING NEWS: OHIO SENTATOR, J.D. VANCE, HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED TO BE TRUMP'S VICE PRESIDENT

    I am not sure why he picked Vance. He's not just another white christian man. He's even more of an extreme right-winger than Mike Pence was.

    Perhaps, because they felt like they needed to make sure they win Ohio for the electoral college and help Sherrod Brown's GOP opponent win for the US Senate race in Ohio.

    It's also probably because of how much more extreme to the far-right the entire Republican/conservative in the US has gotten.

  22. Posted · Edited by Hardkill

    On 7/11/2024 at 0:58 PM, Danioover9000 said:

    @Hardkill

       Sure in the 2000 Bush versus Gore president election, Bush lost by about 500,000. And sure Trump versus Hillary in 2016 he lost by about 3 million, or 3,000,000 votes. Thing is though that even if there's a difference between losing by 500,00 votes to 3,000,000 votes, by themselves we cannot claim which is a greater margin by which. We need data on the total votes in 2016 Trump/Hillary versus the total votes altogether in that 2,000 Bush/Gore. Apparently it says that Donald Trump won the popularity vote in 2016, and Hilary won 2.1% more than Donald Trump. Are you saying that 3,000,000 votes is that 2.1% won by Hillary? what about the other percentages of the votes?

       Source: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwia1t-F4p-HAxXfVUEAHe_0DZsQFnoECBUQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FList_of_United_States_presidential_elections_in_which_the_winner_lost_the_popular_vote%23%3A~%3Atext%3D2016%3A%20Donald%20Trump%2C-Main%20article%3A%202016%26text%3DHillary%20Clinton%20(left)%20won%202.1%2CTrump%20(right)%20in%202016.&usg=AOvVaw2QK0oO-roMoENKC59kwtvm&opi=89978449

    Yes, I was referring to Hillary Clinton having won 2.1% more of the popular vote than Trump did in 2016. For the 2000 presidential election, Gore won 0.52% more of the popular vote than Bush did.

    2000 was undemocratic because of the staunch conservative SCOTUS who rigged it in favor of Bush and 2016 was undemocratic because of the will of the majority of the people, according to the popular vote, was subverted by such a totally outdated electoral college system.

  25. Posted

    Guys, both his NATO speech and the way he answered all of the tough questions he was asked were phenomenal!

    Listen in depth to both the substance and the emotion he put in each of his responses. Even the mainstream media pundits who were critical of Biden's debate performance, were all genuinely impressed by how well he performed in the press conference overall.