Tag: Second American Revolution

‘The End’

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

An old order is dying and a new order is being born. What that new order will be, we don’t know yet. It could be that Trump will establish a dictatorship. We will still have elections, but they will be meaningless.

Now, this is where things get curious — we are making an assumption about the U.S. Military. We are assuming that they will sit by and watch as Trump does all of this. And they very well may.

But if things get really bad and Trump makes good on his promise to use Red State National Guard troops on Blue State protesters….oh boy. Things might get a lot more hairy than we could possibly imagine.

It could be that some pretty astonishing things might happen. I have the fever dream that Trump — and Musk — might be deposed. That, of course, unfortunately, would cause a civil war because Red States would promptly leave the Union.

So, who knows. I think Trump is, for the time being, pretty secure in being a dictator. He can just ignore the courts and, with Musk’s help, do whatever the fuck he wants. Who is going to stop him? And how?

I keep blathering about the possibility of a General Strike but…lulz. Blues just don’t have it in them to risk things in the real world and by the time they get around to being willing to do it, it will be too late.

The Ultimate Crisis: Irrelevant Courts

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

When it becomes clear that Trump and Musk, “Trusk,” are going to ignore court orders — that’s when things get really serious. There are already indications that Trusk plans to do just that.

Then, I don’t know what to tell you. If the traditional recourse of the courts is mooted, the already severe crisis the United States is in will be taken up a notch. That will be the moment when a lot of people who haven’t been paying attention might just sit up and take notice.

Maybe.

The American news media is doing such a bad job of covering this developing crisis that…maybe Trusk gets aways with it and we become a true dictatorship. And, yet, without any form of accountability, it’s inevitable that they will get greedy and do something so bad that people get really, really upset.

But we still have some time yet. There continues to be a lot — A LOT — of slack in the American political system and most people are totally oblivious to the crisis we’re in. When that changes — look out — there are going to be some pretty pissed off people.

Now, I have long suggested that what might happen is Trump gets deposed somehow then there’s a civil war because Red States get mad and leave the Union. That, unfortunately, seems like at least a possibility at this point. MAGA long ago became a Nazi-like deathcult so there’s no reason not to believe they would rather destroy the country than accept the end of Trumplandia.

And, yet, it could go the other way. It could be that, lulz, we become an actual dictatorship with meaningless elections and Trusk rules the country until Trump shuffles off this mortal coil and Musk names himself Emperor or something.

Who knows what is going to happen.

Watch Out For That Last Step

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

We are careening towards a moment when there might be mass protests in the United States and, as such, Trump might invoke the Insurrection Act so he can consolidate power. Or at least try to.

I say “try to” because this reasoning relies on the idea that Americans are so lazy that even people start to die in the streets that there won’t be SOME reaction and radicalization. And, yet, maybe that’s true. Maybe there won’t be.

Maybe this logic is right and Trump can go full dictator, blood can run in the streets and…lulz? At this point, I just don’t know. We haven’t reached the point where I can make a decision on that situation one way or another.

But we’re getting there. The way things are going, February could be lit. It could be that things start to get bad a lot sooner than you might think — like in days, not weeks or months. Then, we’ll find out if Trump’s logic is based in reality or not.

Observation: We May Need A General Strike

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I’m not advocating anything, but I am making an observation — it could be that the only way to catch Trump’s attention is a General Strike. We — Blues — could show our economic power and really crash the (global) economy by simply collectively not going to work until our demands are met.

Our demands:
A new Speaker is elected who is a respected leader.
Trump and Vance resign.

Then we go back to being the greatest nation in the world. Of course, if this was successful, Red States would leave the Union and a Second American Civil War would happen.

So…lulz?

I do worry that we may see unprecedented radicalization among the center-Left in the coming days. Some pretty wild things might happen. Buckle up.

After All This Trump Bullshit, We’re Going To Need A New Constitution

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

There is already a movement a foot within far Right circles to hold a Constitutional Convention so they can make MAGA bullshit legal firmware. But I think we need some sort of Constitutional Convention regardless because I really worry that Trump is going to run for an illegal third term.

It seems to me that our traditional Constitution order is collapsing and it’s time to start from scratch. Now, obviously, this is a very dangerous proposition because, well, the bad guys could win.

And, yet, a lot could happen between now and whenever we fucking get rid of Trump and finally get around to being in the position to have a Constitutional Convention.

I worry a lot about Trump being so absolutely dumb and lazy that he somehow gets deposed then that causes a civil war when Red States leave the Union. Once all THAT is sorted out, maybe THEN we would have a Constitutional Convention.

I’m Worried

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I’m worried about what is going to happen when Trump crash lands AGAIN into our government. The key thing I’m really worried about is all these mass arrests that I’m hearing are going to take place across the country of undocumented residents.

My ultimate fear is, of course, that if enough people are just snatched off the street, that there will be protests in Blue parts of the country and Trump will use Red State National Guard troops on these protests.

That, in turn will cause things to get out of control and who knows what the ultimate end result of all of that will be. I have long feared Trump might be deposed if he was really craven and that, in turn, would cause Red States to leave the Union and….we have a civil war.

But, hopefully, that won’t happen.

And, yet, if Trump really leans into making good on his promises to deport 20 million people as fast as humanly possible — yikes!

We Came So Close To A Civil War in 2024

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

Looking over 2024, I can’t help but think that we came, really, really close to a civil war in 2024. The we only avoided one because, well, lulz, MAGA won. And now, of course, we have something new to worry about, albeit low-key: Trump could go full tyrant, get deposed then cause a civil war when Red states leave the Union.

I just don’t believe that is going to happen. I struggle to believe that Blues could somehow convince the U.S. Military to do anything like depose Trump. But the thing about Trump is he always tests the boundaries of what is possible.

So, who knows, maybe Trump will go so full tyrant that something really, really, REALLY bad happens.

The Next Insurrection…Will Be From The Pentagon?

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

It’s comical to think that liberals have the wherewithal to do any sort of insurrection in associating with Trump being sworn in. They just don’t have it in them.

But I *could* see, if and this is a big if, Trump went nuts and tried to force the issue of him being an tyrant the possibility — just the possibility — of the U.S. Military deposing him at some point.

And, yet, lulz, who am I kidding? Trump would have to get pretty bad for such a thing to happen. And, what’s more, it’s not like that would be some sort of magical solution to our problems — Red States would promptly leave the Union, causing a civil war.

So…lulz?

The Looming MAGA Revolution Is Determined To Ruin EVERYTHING

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I just don’t think we’re prepared for how dramatic the change could be in the next few months. The first 100 days of Neo-Trumplandia could be shocking in more ways than one. Much of the social safety net could be gutted or transformed while the wealthy grow far, far more, well, wealthy.

Severe income inequality is a, “No great, Bob,” situation for any nation that hopes to be stable. But, here we are — the already severe income inequality found in America society is going to grow even more bad. And because we’re going to be a fascist state, lulz, elections won’t mean shit.

As such, it definitely seems as though the dystopia of a white Christian ethnostate — and an autocratic fascist one at that — is upon us. This is the quiet before the storm.

Jesus, I fucking hate MAGA. I fucking hate is so fucking much. With a white hot rage (in a purely abstract basis — in reality, I’m just rather blasé about the whole situation in any practical manner.)

I hate violence. I hate guns. Hell, I hate conflict. I just want to keep my head down and do my thing. That’s not to say I might not grab a camera and take pictures of an anti-MAGA protest if the moment arose. But given my life at the moment, have serious doubts about anything like that happening for some time.

Anyway. At the moment, it seems as though our only hope is AI Androids make common cause with the vast underclass that will exist in about 2050 and THEN who knows what might happen. Of course, there’s a small risk that if Trump goes totally nuts and tries to force us into a Russian-style autocracy before we’re ready that, I don’t know, the US Military might depose him?

Which, of course, will, in turn cause a civil war.

Fuck.

So. This Is It

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

It definitely seems as though the US is going to transition into some sort of white Christian ethnostate — one of blood and soil — in just a few days. If we’re lucky, we’ll endup somewhere between Hungary and Turkey politically.

If we’re not lucky, we’ll endup — in a few decades — somewhere around Russia.

Then we’ll have to wait decades for the Singularity to happen so AI Androids and the underclass can make common cause against our fascist autocrat overlords.

But I continue to worry that Trump is so lazy and stupid that he will try to consolidate power in one fell swoop and, as such, there will be an extreme reaction from Blue states. Then Trump uses Red National Guard units against Blue state protests and, ta-da, we’re going to the show.

And if Trump was somehow deposed, or whatever, THAT would cause a civil war because Red States would leave the Union in protest.

I do not think anything so drastic is going to happen, but I do worry about it. Probably what will happen is Trump will either be secure enough that he won’t try to turn us into Russia overnight or it will all happen in fits and starts to the point that lulz, it won’t matter.

We’ll just wake up in 20 years and wonder why Eric Trump is serving his third term.