2026-04-13 09:41 UTC
yeah it's fascinating that Card foresaw this kind of social influencing while being a very odd (religious conservative and game developer fiction writer) mix, but then he went wacko:
Card described an alternative future in which President Barack Obama ruled as a "Hitler- or Stalin-style dictator" with his own national police force of young unemployed men; Obama and his wife Michelle would have amended the U.S. Constitution to allow presidents to remain in power for life, as in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Nazi Germany.
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@BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-13 16:19
Yeah, projection is common among conservative types.
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@Manjushri@piefed.social 2026-04-13 11:40
So close, except that it's Trump who has created his own private police force comprised of unemployed men and is trying to stay president for life. Every conservative accusation really is a confession.
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@RamenJunkie@midwest.social 2026-04-13 11:41
Yeah, Card turning into a nutter turned me off his work and recomemding it.