Post ArKSuuRmcCy1OnCngW by tzimmer_history@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #ArKSusDWuENSU0WOBs by tzimmer_history@mastodon.social
       2025-02-21T02:19:25Z
       
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       Kash Patel confirmed as FBI Director.Genuinely frightening to see a conspiratorial extremist who urgently desires vengeance against the regime's enemies and whose only loyalty is to Trump elevated to such a position of power.I don't see how anyone can confidently declare America is not accelerating towards outright authoritarianism.
       
 (DIR) Post #ArKSutTsCx2qOzAxIu by tzimmer_history@mastodon.social
       2025-02-21T02:20:29Z
       
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       Nothing is determined - there is a range of outcomes to consider. But I sincerely struggle to see how, after this first month of Trumpism in power, we could reasonably conclude that on the bad side, the spectrum doesn't go all the way to straight-up authoritarianism and even forms of dictatorial rule.
       
 (DIR) Post #ArKSuuRmcCy1OnCngW by tzimmer_history@mastodon.social
       2025-02-21T02:20:44Z
       
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       Combine the Musk-led destruction of the state's capacity to tackle any of the major collective action problems we face as a society and Patel-style weaponization of government against the regime's enemies - and we are very much on a trajectory towards life in America becoming a lot more dangerous.
       
 (DIR) Post #ArKSuv7c6gQZUWmCsy by polarisera@spinster.xyz
       2025-02-21T02:22:20.321140Z
       
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       @tzimmer_history I'm sorry you're retarded, perhaps you could reassess what just happened the last four years.