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Trump faces backlash for ‘in four years, you don’t have to vote again’ remark (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Some Democrats say his comments, directed at a Christian audience, signaled his plans to be a dictator. His campaign says he was talking about ‘uniting’ the country, and experts point to his ‘deliberately ambiguous’ speaking style.

Democratic lawmakers and Vice President Harris’s campaign joined a chorus of online critics in calling out remarks Donald Trump aimed at a Christian audience on Friday, arguing that the former president and current Republican presidential nominee had implied he would end elections in the United States if he won a second term.

At the conclusion of his speech at the Believers Summit in West Palm Beach, Fla., Trump said, “Christians, get out and vote, just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore. … You got to get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good you’re not going to have to vote.”

Democrats and others interpreted the comments as signaling how a second Trump presidency would be run, a reminder that he previously said he would not be a dictator upon returning to office “except for Day One.”

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[–] iiGxC@slrpnk.net 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Religion tends to have untestifiable claims and poor epistemology built in and encouraged tho. It's rare for ideologies to have that.

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Epistemology isn't the determining factor when it comes to human beings doing terrible things to each other on the rationale that it is for "the greater good" or the "natural order".

Nazi Germany, the Khmer Rouge, the Cultural Revolution, European colonialism, etc saw millions dead because one group of people though they had the right to control society and shape it in the way they saw fit.

[–] iiGxC@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

True, but it is relevant when comparing religions to ideologies. It's probably more accurate to say that religions are a subset of ideologies, with some unique features

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, that was pretty much my point.

[–] iiGxC@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago

Nice 🤝