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   Thomas Zimmer (tzimmer_history@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 00:27:04 JST Thomas Zimmer

   “He who saves his Country does not violate any law,” Donald Trump said yesterday.

   Two possible reactions:

   1) Continue on the trajectory that got us here in the first place by discarding this as “just Trump being Trump”

   2) Grapple in earnest with the fact that Trump asserts dictatorial power as the providential leader tasked with saving the nation.

   This is acutely dangerous.

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     Crispy Branzino (nimbius666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 01:51:15 JST Crispy Branzino

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     @tzimmer_history he's not wrong about the crisis of country in that late stage capitalism is giving away to neofeudalism at a break neck pace.
     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: likes this.
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     Crystal Huff (they/them) (crystalvisits@mas.wrong.tools)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 16:20:01 JST Crystal Huff (they/them)

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     • Sjors

     @Fjatke @tzimmer_history @pluralistic

     Oh goodness, it's maybe originally Napoleon, but it's also recently a quote taken up by self-described Nazi and convicted 2011 Norwegian terrorist and mass murderer Anders Breivik. 😱 Some great company Trump is keeping!

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_who_saves_his_country,_violates_no_law?wprov=sfti1

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     Sjors (fjatke@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 16:20:02 JST Sjors

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     • Cory Doctorow
     • Crystal Huff (they/them)

     @crystalvisits @tzimmer_history @pluralistic It was Napoleon who said this.

     Aral Balkan repeated this.
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     Crystal Huff (they/them) (crystalvisits@mas.wrong.tools)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 16:20:17 JST Crystal Huff (they/them)

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     • Cory Doctorow

     @tzimmer_history @pluralistic tbh, I don't believe Trump wrote that himself -- someone on his team wrote it. It's too pithy for Trump.