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"A dictatorship cannot take hold in America today." - Ayn Rand

Posted by GaltsGulch 8 years, 6 months ago to The Gulch: General
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"A dictatorship cannot take hold in America today. This country, as yet, cannot be ruled - but it can explode. It can blow up into the helpless rage and blind violence of a civil war." - Ayn Rand


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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    For me, its the idea that because of stupidity, she will get us into a war with Russia. Putin will challenge her and force her into a corner from which war would be inevitable. Trump would never do that. It like the cuban missile crisis in the 60's- If our government had put its foot down about missiles so close to our shores, and agreed to remove OUR missiles from Turkey (like we agreed to later), there would have been no crisis. BUT, Kennedy waited until the missiles were already in Cuba- way too late. We had to resort to military power to have them removed. Same thing will happen with Hillary.
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    But if we dont vote for Trump, we will get her, and she will consolidate her power. Obviously her supporters dont mind being lied to and misled as to her blatant cronyism coupled with major hiding of what she is actually doing.
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  • Posted by 1musictime 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The Cubs,too, are activating.National Geographic may have certain of the answers.Putin looks like he's a greater President.
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  • Posted by 1musictime 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Hillary cannot. She's not president. It greater the president is not tampering with certain people and areas.
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  • Posted by 1musictime 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It won't. A number of people believe what's in "The House Of A Color" is a dictator of a few things, but checks check him away from demoting America most ways.
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  • Posted by 1musictime 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    She may or may not dictate the way to set the table.She turns away from Bill because of Monica. Think he cares?The only sink is what various people fear she may want toward America.
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  • Posted by 1musictime 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Time is not "marching on". It flows.One of the villains talks the crazy words about time. It's about time he's not realizing about what he's talking.It's a title maybe on The Science Channel. Can be on THe History one,too.Donald Duck quacks greater.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "The regular repubs would have been dead in the water without Trump."
    I think there's a chance the regular Republicans would join the regular Democrats. The Bernie Sanders Democrats would join a kinder, gentler version of Trump.
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  • Posted by 1musictime 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Hillary's not directly talking it. She talks what she may pretend she wants toward various people, but may be "self-serving".More, possibly, with interest toward her,family, and friends.She may want to be a dictator on Mars.
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  • Posted by 1musictime 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Will not occur. Ask him, and he'll indicate no. Possibly not dishonest of the answer. Secretly may want to continue. Realizes too much of a number of people against it. Ready to "back down". Also maybe "for" the sake of the daughters.
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  • Posted by 1musictime 8 years, 6 months ago
    No. Not then. Maybe closer today, but not. It's despite a number believing there's a dictatorship at present. Obamacare may be a close example. It's more from one person. Separate groups follow and enact. Too much without protest and interest of one disagreeing and not wanting the negativity from it.From one person,but various groups may be okay to materialize it. One may agree they are traitors to The United States Of America.
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The republicans ceased to exist already. The rise of Trump and his hijacking of the party is proof of that. The regular repubs would have been dead in the water without Trump.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    If Hillary is in office, it won't be divided for long. The Republicans will pretty much cease to exist as I pointed out above. In any case, I don't think Johnson is the guy and sadly, Ms. Rand is dead.
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  • Posted by beesqr 8 years, 6 months ago
    Article V of our Constitution enables 2/3rds of the States to call for a convention to propose ammendments. Of course, limiting spending and term limits shoould be considered. If their output is approved by ¾ of the state legislatures, (NOT the Federal folks), the ammendments become law. Other than this, God forbid, Revolution.
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Trump has at least 40% of the voters. I dont see some sort of leftist military coup in the works.
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  • Posted by VetteGuy 8 years, 6 months ago
    If Hillary changes the balance of the Supreme Court, this may no longer be true. Obama was held somewhat in check because five of the Supremes would not go along with his more outrageous executive orders. If Hillary gets a majority on the court to side with her, she can pass whatever executive orders she wants. Instant Dictator.
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  • Posted by $ pixelate 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Indeed... I have said, in the company of friends, "What's to be upset about? The Mets are playing tonight, the tri-tip on the barbecue sure smells good and the old lady, well, she got a sparkle in her eye." The People are fat and happy. Just keep the gravy train rolling. My neighbor is on SSDI... his understanding of economics "Everybody pays taxes." The state of the economy is irrelevant to him ... he gets his govt. welfare check... spends it on food and entertainment. Even my dad is on a check ... federal postal carrier pension ... 19 years into it. He earned it, of course, contractual... but the SSDI? We have 13 million adults on SSDI... and everyone knows an SSDI person that is still hauling firewood, fixing their roof, hiking the PCT. The SSDI has become a $180B welfare check. After awhile, everything becomes irrelevant ... the rulers and rules are irrelevant... the only thing that Is relevant, is The Check. Just keep the gravy checks rolling.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    And if Trump wins, I'm wondering if King Barry may find some excuse to declare martial law and stay in office. Since the DOJ and the FBI are run by lapdog stooges, I also wonder how the military generals Obama has not so far fired may react.
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  • Posted by wiggys 8 years, 6 months ago
    it is a shame that we have people in power who are oblivious of all things especially the writings of and philosophy of Ayn Rand. She was unique in her ability to see not only what is taking place but what will ultimately take place based upon what she was observing. Personally I believe the possibility of explosion as she put it is not necessarily far off. How the wash. elite deal with it will be a tragic comedy.
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  • Posted by DrZarkov99 8 years, 6 months ago
    IF Clinton is elected, the choice between subservience and violent revolution may not be far off. If her policies crush the economy, there will be an instinct to flog the horse harder, rather than offer a carrot. As the job market craters and crime spins out of control thanks to efforts to cripple the law enforcement community, martial law will slowly become part of the solution to keep the lid on the pot.

    Hillary is too stupid to exercise patience, and she may well stumble into a major conflict with either China or Russia (Russia is now the prime globalist target). How many Americans are going to be willing to die in a senseless conflict for a leader that hates the military?
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  • Posted by DeanStriker 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Dissolution is the ONLY way of returning to anything resembling morality and common sense. Too bad that we can't vote on that! So we await the Great Collapse, and wonder if then We can resist returning to tyranny.
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Ruled by PC, perhaps half of them. The deplorables, on the other hand, are very much against this and are on the edge of political revolt at this point, and not that far from taking it further.
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