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If Trump wins then the cause of animal rights will be set back decades. For one thing, protesting will become increasing more risky. Once he has consolidated power by replacing civil servants with loyal party members then democracy is probably dead as free and fair elections will be a thing of the past. His plans to deport 20million immigrant workers will,as there are less than 6 million unemployed Americans to fill the jobs left empty, along with tariffs, tank the economy. So people will be too focused on their own survival to fight for animal rights.

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Fair points.

But note risk is not bad for protest movements. With no risk, there's no reward.

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I live in France which is relatively moderate but protests for animal rights and the environment are not favoured by the government. So we’re tear-gassed, kettled and shot at with rubber bullets which have maimed people. Sometimes prominent protestors are put under house arrest. A Trump government will go much further than that… how much risk do you think that people are willing to accept? It would be much better to have the flawed Democrats in power than an extreme right autocratic personality cult.

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Humans are _always_ focused on either their own survival or their own comfort. This is apparent when you hear the false dichotomy, "I care about animals, but we have to solve human problems first."

I do think your prediction that "protesting will become increasing more risky" may be true.

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