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artemisia1

(1,938 posts) Mon Jun 29, 2026, 05:58 PM Jun 29

Do you think Trump's disastrous second term will delay -- or end -- the U.S.'s march towards "The Handmaid's Tale" type

society? These nuts are still with us, but are they discredited enough to have lost their effectiveness nationally?

(Yes, I know his first term was also disastrous, but this one has been so spectacularly bad that even many "morans" are getting it this time.)

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Do you think Trump's disastrous second term will delay -- or end -- the U.S.'s march towards "The Handmaid's Tale" type (Original Post) artemisia1 Jun 29 OP

I would hope so BUT RockCreek Jun 29 #1

RockCreek

(1,666 posts)

1. I would hope so BUT

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Mon Jun 29, 2026, 06:00 PM

Jun 29

I don't count on this country's institutions holding.
I don't count on people not to be unknowingly manipulated.

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