Jim of Jim's Blog has a very log discussion of such things as well.
It's something where if we had a Bolsanaro, Putin, or Duterte in office it'd be a near certainty. The question is whether Trump has the balls to try something like this.
I genuinely believe that his supporters are hardened enough that if he tried it he'd have the support. The only thing that would prevent him from doing so is his lack of will to do it.
I don't think it really comes down to a matter of will.
You could have the will to do a thing but still decide that it is not the best choice.
There's an argument to be made that, as bad as the democrats are, maintaining his power is simply no important enough to do something that would very likely plunge the country into a bloody civil war.
(Of course you could also make the argument that we're better to get that over with now than accept the slide into a progressive-authoritarian dystopia.)
He could feel that the violence is just not worth it.
I suppose you could say that comes down to a matter of will, but it doesn't feel that way for me.
I have the will to do a lot of things that my better judgement vetoes. A matter of semantics I guess.
Jim of Jim's Blog has a very log discussion of such things as well.
It's something where if we had a Bolsanaro, Putin, or Duterte in office it'd be a near certainty. The question is whether Trump has the balls to try something like this.
Most dictators wouldn’t have a majority share on both supporting military force AND armed civilian populace.
I genuinely believe that his supporters are hardened enough that if he tried it he'd have the support. The only thing that would prevent him from doing so is his lack of will to do it.
I don't think it really comes down to a matter of will.
You could have the will to do a thing but still decide that it is not the best choice.
There's an argument to be made that, as bad as the democrats are, maintaining his power is simply no important enough to do something that would very likely plunge the country into a bloody civil war.
(Of course you could also make the argument that we're better to get that over with now than accept the slide into a progressive-authoritarian dystopia.)
He could feel that the violence is just not worth it.
I suppose you could say that comes down to a matter of will, but it doesn't feel that way for me.
I have the will to do a lot of things that my better judgement vetoes. A matter of semantics I guess.