Trump doesn't want another election to happen. He needs some powerful tools to ensure that happens, ie, massive scale ai surveillance and manipulation. Eg, like Xi uses in China. I bet anyone here he starts a war as his excuse

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drivebyhooting 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

At least with Xi’s China you get 560GW of new electricity generation in one year. You get entire tier 1 cities built in 10.

What will the new American reich accomplish?

	▲	hirvi74 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> What will the new American reich accomplish? Likely the same thing as all the proceeding empires - carnage, destruction, and the laughter of blood thirsty gods.

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epolanski 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The sad part is that I can't process whether your post is an exaggeration or the reality.

It's insane how numb I am becoming to these blurry thin lines

	▲	skygazer 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Don’t become numb. They want normal people to be depoliticized, silent, and withdrawn. We’re so much easier to subjugate and exploit that way: hopeless and spineless. They take more and more each day.

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mustardo 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In an interview with Zelinsky Trump asks "why haven't you had an election? " Zelensky : "because we are at war" you can see the idea percolating then. People think I'm a nutter for suggesting there just won't be another election but that's where my money is. I'm waiting for his version of the Gestapo, ICE seems to be a proving ground

	▲	Zak 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		An important detail here is that Ukraine's constitution says they can't have an election while they're at war. The US constitution does not say that, and the USA has had elections during wars several times.
	▲	nextaccountic 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		There will be a sham election, like in Russia, but a sizable number of people will be unable to vote. Trump only need to steal the election in a few key districts People like married women who changed their name, or foreign sounding people, they will be prevented to vote in 2026. ICE will guard polls to physically make people unable to reach the ballots
	▲	bigtex88 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		You're not a nutter. Trump constantly projects what he's going to do and no one takes him seriously because what he says is so beyond the pale. I explicitly remember the exact instance you're talking about because I thought the same thing as you are thinking.

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AnimalMuppet 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That's not enough. In the US, being at war doesn't cancel elections. (I mean, he may start a war, but he would need something in addition.)

	▲	rootusrootus 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> he would need something in addition Specifically, he would need the US Congress to draft and pass legislation moving the date of the election. I don't know how eager they are, though, to create an unnecessary constitutional crisis.