The average Wisconsin voter isn't going to be subject to internment camps, politically motivated arrest, or Insurrection Act violence, and the prospect of these things doesn't seem to horrify as many people as one would hope. Can someone please give us a message about how ("normal", nonpolitical) people's lives would change under Trump 2…
The average Wisconsin voter isn't going to be subject to internment camps, politically motivated arrest, or Insurrection Act violence, and the prospect of these things doesn't seem to horrify as many people as one would hope. Can someone please give us a message about how ("normal", nonpolitical) people's lives would change under Trump 2.0? Like once grifters control the government, will folks need to pay bribes to get their IRS refunds? If hundreds of thousands of unauthorized immigrants are rounded up, will the agriculture and construction industries tank, leading to dramatically higher food and housing prices? Abortion is a good issue for Democrats because it could plausibly affect many people or their families personally, but surely there must be other similar issues that are less abstract than "preserving democracy."
Biggest threat of GOP control: No social safety net for anyone anywhere in the country. No Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, WIC, public assistance of any kind. No US Postal System; pay UPS and FedEx and Louis DeJoy if you need something shipped. Probably no more public school system. Only the rich need apply. No Clean Air or Clean Water Act. No EPA, no environmental laws other than dig and drill. It's every one for themselves and Trump will decide who wins and who dies. And the GOP will happily go along because they won't need to bother with voters any longer. Trump has specially said he will do away with the Constitution. There will be no law and order. If the judicial system continues it will be only as a cudgel against Trump enemies, which are many. There will be more violence in the streets. I can probably think of more but these are the most obvious and by then it will be too late to stop it.
The average Wisconsin voter isn't going to be subject to internment camps, politically motivated arrest, or Insurrection Act violence, and the prospect of these things doesn't seem to horrify as many people as one would hope. Can someone please give us a message about how ("normal", nonpolitical) people's lives would change under Trump 2.0? Like once grifters control the government, will folks need to pay bribes to get their IRS refunds? If hundreds of thousands of unauthorized immigrants are rounded up, will the agriculture and construction industries tank, leading to dramatically higher food and housing prices? Abortion is a good issue for Democrats because it could plausibly affect many people or their families personally, but surely there must be other similar issues that are less abstract than "preserving democracy."
Biggest threat of GOP control: No social safety net for anyone anywhere in the country. No Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, WIC, public assistance of any kind. No US Postal System; pay UPS and FedEx and Louis DeJoy if you need something shipped. Probably no more public school system. Only the rich need apply. No Clean Air or Clean Water Act. No EPA, no environmental laws other than dig and drill. It's every one for themselves and Trump will decide who wins and who dies. And the GOP will happily go along because they won't need to bother with voters any longer. Trump has specially said he will do away with the Constitution. There will be no law and order. If the judicial system continues it will be only as a cudgel against Trump enemies, which are many. There will be more violence in the streets. I can probably think of more but these are the most obvious and by then it will be too late to stop it.
An excellent summary.