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mbg721 | on: Trump wins presidency for second time
The things he says he wants to dismantle are bloated executive-branch bureaucracies. If he actually manages to do it (which he didn't during his first term), it would be traumatic for a lot of federal employees, but not exactly the death of democracy.
defrost | parent | next
He's also clearly stated he wants to remove the licences from media companies that have been critical of him.

There's a check list of similar statements he's on record making.

mbg721 | root | parent | next
If he removed licenses from media companies that were critical of him, there would be approximately 0 media companies, and yet he's on track to win. One of the biggest takeaways from this election is that the populace largely doesn't trust the media.
defrost | root | parent | next
Do you support the dismantling of a free press?
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mbg721 | root | parent | next
Of course not. He was president for four years and yet the press remains what it is. Why do you think he would destroy the free press?
bagels | root | parent | next
Because he said he would. Hopefully that was a lie too, but I guess we get to find out.
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j-krieger | root | parent | next
Perhaps a sanity check at those media companies would help. They've been broadcasting propaganda non-stop and you've witnessed a colony collapse just today.
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anabab | parent | next
Like that pandemic responce unit dismantled in 2018?
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watwut | parent
He wants to destroy democracy itself. It is literal explicit goal.
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