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Donald J. Trump was the Manchurian Candidate... (Original Post) Joinfortmill Aug 2022 OP
I read that book, although it's been a while. Hmmm, something to think about, but I think SWBTATTReg Aug 2022 #1
Food for thought. usonian Aug 2022 #2
This does seem to be what is happening. Joinfortmill Aug 2022 #3
Tanchurian Candidate n/t Drum Aug 2022 #4

SWBTATTReg

(26,259 posts)
1. I read that book, although it's been a while. Hmmm, something to think about, but I think
Wed Aug 3, 2022, 04:10 PM
Aug 2022

tRUMP just got lucky in the sequence of events that allowed him to run successfully. Which I am kind of thinking more and more that fraud occurred during that election that allowed him to win. The republicans seemed to start yelling and screaming about election fraud about that time frame (in recent times/modern times). I haven't heard of any tidbits of news or such that pointed to such events (the fraud happening other than some states were already dumping their recs after that particular election...why so soon? Perhaps to hide the evidence?

usonian

(25,338 posts)
2. Food for thought.
Wed Aug 3, 2022, 04:25 PM
Aug 2022
“Democracy in Crisis: We’ve Been Headed Here for Decades.” Part 1of 8
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2021/8/6/2044226/-America-2021-The-Good-the-Bad-the-Ugly
Read all 8 to get the "plan" in detail.
This is all a Russian plan. Started years ago.
https://pastebin.com/raw/evbnN5y7

I don't know if people read the pastebin article, so I'll copy what I think are important pieces here.
Pieces of a puzzle that seem to me to fit quite neatly when you factor in the Putin factor.

ADD TO THAT, THE MESSAGE DESTRUCTION BY SENIOR OFFICIALS AND AGENCIES, OF ACTIVITIES AROUND JAN 6 .....

THE RUSSIAN PLAN

While legislators and DOJ investigate a failed coup attempt at the Capitol, a successful coup has overtaken the USSC, which is dismantling the Constitution in an effort concerted with right-wing domestic terrorists, the GOP, oligarchs, Christian Nationalists and others, a Mitchavillian (!) scheme that follows the Russian strategy to divide and destroy the United States:

Simply put, Normalize hate and violence. Stochastic terrorism. Bring down elected government and democratic processes. This was also seen in 30’s Germany,

We are in a state of emergency, and are today divided into slave and free states.

The suspected instigator and supporter, Russia, has proven itself to be a third-rate power, relying on agents within the U.S. who sabotage the U.S. with acts of terrorism, insurrection and sedition, a second civil war.


Pieces of the puzzle fit perfectly. They involve: The RW shift from issues to outright terrorism and Russian messaging, Russia’s dependence on oil, their State-Adopted Religion and white dominance, long-term plans to annex Ukraine, divisive “bot” posts on social media, a major news outlet praising Putin, sponsorship of NRA to encourage mob rule, fear and domestic terrorism over constitutional government. (more detail below)



BACKGROUND:
HOW DO WE KNOW THIS?

When you start with the premise that Russia has instigated a campaign of disruption in the U.S. to bolster its aims, ALL the pieces fit together perfectly.

1. The conservative movement took a hard swing right from its Limbaugh days of conservative issues and hate to pure hate and destruction. This coincides with the breakup of the Soviet Union. Anti-Soviet messaging ceased.

2. Russia’s economy is extremely oil-dependent. Oil interests control many legislators, and reap massive subsidies and favors.

3. Russia is an Orthodox “Christian in name only”, mostly white state. The church blesses nuclear warheads and Putin has declared his intention to expand his White Christian Nationalism.

4. Putin wants Ukraine. Arguably, that is the cause of his interference in the 2015 election to install an asset as president and weaken NATO, effectively delivering him Ukraine.

5. Bots spread lies and divisive messages to get Americans to fight one another.

6. A major news outlet repeatedly praises Putin, when there’s nothing apparent to gain by doing so. On the surface, anyway.

7; Russia financed and infiltrated the NRA with the goal of replacing constitutional government with mob rule, and domestic terrorism.

8. It is the M.O. of fiends to get people to believe in causes that are against their own best interest.

9. And yet! When a dictator takes power, their beloved “freedom fighters” become their biggest threat, so AWAY WITH YOUR GUNS. Courts that destroyed constitutional law to put them in place become useless baggage, so SAY GOODBYE.

10. The abortion issue is just the first volley. They have others at the ready, and are working top-down and bottom-up to destroy constitutional rights, the constitution and the country, and hand it over.
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