tjschweiger.bsky.social
C18th studies. Academic worker. Instructional professor of English/Humanities. SEIU Local 73 steward. He/him. Cohost, @betterreadpod.bsky.social
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Gisele Fetterman for some truly baffling reason.
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cede power, it would far rather do so to fascists rather than the left, and it has basically engineered the conditions (all restraints on the powerful removed, the state's ability to oppress maximized, viable channels of dissent blocked) that fascism can exploit. 4/4
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(which, we should note, the liberal side really doesn't put up much resistance over) rather than addressing any actual problems workers face. But this is the framework of modern politics.
It is, of course, deeply alienating and untenable, which is why it's teetering. But if this framework must 3/4
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there is broad agreement within the r.c. on brutalizing dissent, shielding capital from any popular pressures, and bolstering the teetering project of "Western" empire.
The right-wing half of this duopoly has more room to maneuver since it largely seeks destruction of regulatory controls 2/4
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"They hate 'woke'" I mean, I'm sure some of them do, but Dems' much bigger 2024 problem was being the ones holding power in a duopoly that very clearly isn't delivering for workers in anything close to the way it does for the ruling class and isn't responsive to popular will.
Now the GOP owns that!