“Appeasement, as Churchill warned, is like feeding a crocodile and hoping to be the last one eaten.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o... - ThreadSky

davidlaufman.bsky.social • 6 days ago

“Appeasement, as Churchill warned, is like feeding a crocodile and hoping to be the last one eaten.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/opinion/trump-authoritarianism-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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plaintxtdecoded.substack.com•5 days ago

It couldn't be any clearer that Republican Congress doubled down on Trump to avoid the shame and guilt of accountability if law around Trump was Upheld. Damning on all of them.

bobsk8.bsky.social•5 days ago

It is already gone.

themaltesemama.bsky.social•6 days ago

cc: @gallego.senate.gov

amethystnyc.bsky.social•5 days ago

This article is one of the best things published by the NYT in a while.

1luckylady.bsky.social•5 days ago

We are standing on the edge of the democracy cliff RIGHT NOW! David Laufman!!!

iwishiknew.bsky.social•5 days ago

How will we learn we’ve lost Democracy? Well it won’t be from the New York Times

gloria6262.bsky.social•5 days ago

Democracy is already lost. And nothing can be restored until Trump the grifter is gone.

fionatele.bsky.social•5 days ago

How will we know? When you ask the question.

lindaschlie.bsky.social•5 days ago

well, the NYT will be the last to know
sane washing trump for (at least) the last 10 years
how you sleep at night is a wonder
f*cking every single day with your insipid TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP headlines, making him appear like a real option as president
when he's a toxic, lying, genocidal maniac

unheardnomore.bsky.social•5 days ago

Uh, look around. It's crumbling and almost gone. . .

trentreker.bsky.social•5 days ago

as if it hasn't already happened. fucking nyt and their patty cake journalism.

erbhedgehog.bsky.social•5 days ago

Too late… we know right now.

madradnsad.bsky.social•5 days ago

It’s gone. The Trump administration ignores the courts and Congress has become meaningless and impotent. We’re done.

marklaporta.bsky.social•5 days ago

By listening to the news. It has already happened. Don’t hold your breath for a midterm election.

thinkbeyondpolitic.bsky.social•5 days ago

The tragedy is, some aren't hoping to be the last one eaten. They're betting the crocodile will only eat their enemies. That’s how democracies die: not with a roar, but with a shrug.

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