Who do you think is more capable of tyranny, the left or the right?

[Anonymous]

Left

Right

[Ill_made_Knight]

Right now in the USA it is certainly the right. Donald J Trump planted the idea in his followers minds for months that the only way he could lose would be if Democrats cheated and the "Big Lie" was born. He and his lawyers tried every possible avenue they could come up with, they lost lawsut after lawsuit for want of any real evidence at all. Every single recount that they ordered made no substantial change in the outcome. On and on he ranted and squealed and complained, refusing to accept th result. He showed none of the grace of Al Gore, or even Hillary Clinton, refusing to take his defeat like a man. As a last resort he tried to use his supporters (many of whom sit in prison on his account) to stop the certifaction of the election results by storming the capitol building of THEIR OWN COUNTRY. If they had succeeded they would have silenced the voices of some 80 million of their own countrymen... all because they were angry about LOSING the election. Now the Republican party still sits, unwilling to denounce the actions of the election deniers that are STILL in office. There are lots of election deniers on the ballot today that viewed the entire attemt to overturn the election as a lesson. They will try to use that knowledge to succeed this time and establish single party rule over the next little while. That is authoritarianism... Tyranny.

[normalice]

Both are equally capable but the right is more likely. The impartial rule of law is the only viable counter to tyranny and the right seems much quicker to reject that when accountability threatens to come for one of their own. The left would be just as happy to see one of their own go to prison as someone on the right, (assuming actual wrongdoing occured). The right, on the other hand, is on record for preferring to shut down the government over holding a republican accountable.

But both are tired of each other and, at least at first, wouldn't object to the other being forced to learn some manners. The left would probably be substantially quicker to realize that force is the wrong approach, but they'd still start down that path if ever it opened for them. The right, however, are all but beating down that door already. They want political violence, "punishment," and would not spend much time mourning if everyone they disagreed with was just killed off en mass.

[DaisyM23]

easy for both, far left is communism and far right is fascism and that's what historical/past dictatorships have been built on

[boggboss]

Without a doubt big just the way the describe eachother ahows it to be honest with both describing the others idea as evil or simply bad

[Chazmatazz269]

They’re both capable, but currently the left has a strong lead.

[AngryCarl]

They're both capable. It's the right that has become more attached to it.

[Agagagagaga]

Really? Right-wingers are the ones forcing drugs on you and taking away your jobs?

Hoo-kay.

[AngryCarl]

@Agagagagaga Well I don't believe the figures myself but isn't unemployment supposed to be at an all-time low?