Both the president and his reelection campaign are going after his coup-attempting predecessor even before the first GOP primary ballots are cast.

A full year out from the 2024 presidential election and nearly two months before Republicans cast their first primary ballots, President Joe Biden and his campaign are assuming that Donald Trump will be his opponent and have already started reminding voters why they threw him out of office in the first place.

Biden personally has stepped up criticism of his coup-attempting predecessor and is framing the likely rematch as one that will determine the survival of American democracy.

“The same man who said we should terminate the rules and regulations and articles of the Constitution — these are things he said — is now running on a plan to end democracy as we know it,” he said last week at a fundraiser in Chicago.

“This next election is different. It’s more important. There’s more at stake. And we all know why: Because our very democracy is at stake,” he told a San Francisco audience on Wednesday.

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    This next election is different. It’s more important. There’s more at stake.

    Than the last one? I doubt it’s all that different. Realistically, the way America is going, it’s only a matter of time until it goes full fascist.

    Maybe the can will get kicked a little further, maybe the transition will be a little slower, but overall it doesn’t look the the country’s direction

    Edit: See? If you recognize the issue, you become a problem to others. People think they are helping by sticking their head in the sand - but how is that going to cause a change in direction? The existing behaviors of these populations are exactly what seals the deal.

    They need a good option, so they support the lesser evil. But the direction of a country is a vector - changing the magnitude does not change the direction. So their support is captured by the greater evil, who simply has to wait a little longer but will still get what they want.

    For example, the PATRIOT Act was finally not renewed - but it doesn’t matter because the powers it established have been normalized and are now all considered legal without the need for the Act to continue existing: Good luck repealing those powers now. The direction the US has taken since 2001 is already set in stone.

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      Rise of fascism is a global problem and the fix is hard. It requires education, reading comprehension and even attention. It is such a hard thing to reverse so people in power don’t do anything. Politicians love easy to steer masses.

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            The person essentially said they don’t want me here, and I responded essentially saying I don’t want them here.

            I assume you’re consistent and don’t want their behavior here either? Am I worse for responding, or them for instigating?

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      Realistically, the way America is going, it’s only a matter of time until it goes full fascist

      We’re few decades until 2077…i think Fallout is on to something…