Those who believe that this call to action is an overstatement of the threat understand neither the nature of the tyrant-in-chief nor the slow but inexorable nature of how democracies are lost. I witnessed Trump’s cruelty and lack of empathy as I dealt with him during the Covid pandemic, as he willfully withheld help and then consciously spread misinformation that caused so many needless deaths. Anyone who saw this up close would make the call for resistance I am making today. How can anyone not understand that the refusal to follow the law on January 6 continues in full force today? Why would it stop unless it is made to stop?
Interesting to see how more American politicians are choosing to publish in The Guardian. And by “interesting,” I mean “pretty damn alarming.”
those in middle america suckling the fox news
teetteat are completely oblivious to the negative aspects of donald trump. this is a huge volume of the voting population isolated and brainwashed.how do you combat that?
That’s ultimately the question. We can get rid of Trump at some point (and by “we,” I mean the Grim Reaper most likely, the way things are going), but how do you deprogram the decades of misinformation that installed him in the first and second place?
I’m not an academic – though that’s apparently of about as much use as being a journalist these days – so I’m not really qualified to answer that. I suspect it would take MAGA hats having their lives become completely unaffordable to effect any demonstrable change. Ignoring the Constitution clearly isn’t having enough of an impact.
Right now if their lives were to become completely unaffordable they would blame “libs”, trans people and non-whites. Fascism tends to become more popular when times are tough, not less. So it’s hard to see the way through this except through some kind of violent conflict, or a depression so long and harsh that it becomes impossible to pretend the current government isn’t responsible. But that would also give this regime time to consolidate its power.
How fucking stupid do you have to be to blame your woes on those less fortunate?
Yep, my life is shit because the androgynous bagger at HEB has tattoos and a septum piercing. Has nothing to do with government policies, nor corporate greed.
Stupid enough to vote for a ‘joe the plumber’ loving populist notorious for stiffing his contractors.
Paying bills is for the poors.
all of this is true of any party or group that supports this sort of capitalist imperialism since it’s inherent contradictions perpetually lead to making life unpleasant and, so, that requires a new social welfare state like fdr’s new deal to come along every few decades sap the popular strength for overhauling the system and to keep the cluster fuck going for the rich.
Unfortunately, what it’s likely going to take, just as it has with past civilizations, is complete collapse.
Our descendants will hopefully build something better in the rubble we leave behind.
Past civilizations show us rebuilding generally takes centuries (Germany did not suffer complete collapse in the '40s – think more Rome, Egypt and China), and they didn’t have power grids and datacenters to worry about. Whatever descendants remain will be trying to do this in the hottest climate humans have experienced, which complicates matters.
I’m not seeing anything reputable that suggests we aren’t on track for at least 3.5C above preindustrial, given feedback loops we’re already seeing. The horses are out, and we’re arguing about the finer engineering points of barn doors.
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thank you!
for starters, deport immigrant oligarchs
If you’re talking about Musk, he’s been a naturalized US citizen for over 20 years, so should we be deporting citizens or not?
ok just the oligarchs then, independent of their citizenship