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[–] Severus_Snape@lemmy.world 58 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Step 1. People are angry

Step 2. Some weirdo gets elected President

Step 3. He starts threatening judges who rule against him, urging his supporters to harass them

Step 4. He starts suing newspapers and journalists, calling them fake news

Step 5 Tells his supporters that black people eat pets and are part of a global plot to replace Tunisians

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/23/tunisia-kais-saied-racism-migrants-black-tunisians/

Step 6. Calls the opposition is the enemy from within. Says the opposition supports terrorists and must be stopped/jailed

Step 7 . One night, he sends thugs to surround parliament and arrest the opposition

Step 8. His supporters are happy and defend him

Step 9. Dictatorship

Welcome to Tunisia.

Americans are at step 6. They just don't know it. They are deers in the headlights.

Let's hope Trump is too dumb to successfully pull that off.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 month ago

Oh, we know.

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago

some of us know it. we are paralyzed and pacified. i don’t see how this ends with victory.

[–] MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

Coming soon to a state near you!

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 30 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Do you hear that sound? That's Donald Trump getting an erection.

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

does it sound like a slide whistle?

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 3 points 1 month ago

The smallest slide whistle in the world.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

His dick is so small that the sound comes out blue.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

does his chronic use of adderall and cocaine made him a permanent limp?

[–] s@piefed.world 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

My brain read that as Tennessee at first and I was completely unfazed

[–] jobbies@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can be put to death for insulting the president of Tennessee?

[–] s@piefed.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] jobbies@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

I was joking but wow.

[–] PedroMaldonado@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

WTF. Serious people in suits decided this. How fcked are we?

[–] whereyaaat@lemmings.world 4 points 1 month ago

It's why vigilante justice is the only kind of justice the people in power will ever receive.

[–] recentSlinky@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

When insecure and weak little boys are in positions of power...

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago

Foreshadowing.

[–] Bullerfar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Would like to hear a response from a Tunisian user in here, of how the tunisian People are seeing this?

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 3 points 1 month ago

I had to read this twice. Thought it was about the US.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 0 points 1 month ago

This is what happens if you relinquish the moral high ground.

You signal that doing this kind of perverted corrupted shit is ok.