This is what’s destroying America, not Trump. The culture of capitulation. Trump won a pathetic popular vote victory - far less than Biden four years ago - and our institutions are acting like he had a huge mandate to void the Constitution.
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the one really solid rule at the moment is that almost every institution in America is unbelievably fucking cowardly
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He is the symptom and the symbol, but not the root cause.
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Somehow, people with power have decided that he will make them more powerful. They have chosen to prop him up, and they are the ones who bear the ultimate responsibility.
Stop the Coup!
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“No one has the right to obey”
“Kein Mensch hat das Recht zu gehorchen“
Which, once it gets to record rates, becomes all about control.
At all cost to us and our Constitution.
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Biden could have won by 70% and never been feared
Costco is already seeing it a bit, but there’s so much untapped opportunity out there.
Paul, Weiss caved. Perkins Coie hasn’t, and Williams & Connelly is risking retaliation by representing them. Again, most ordinary folks aren’t aware.
tuition increases going up by thousands of dollars every year - other countries strike for a small fee increase
accepting increases in medical costs. v taxing wealthy
breaking labor/strikes with basically no outcry etc etc
Not a single democrat says it, and it needs to be repeated constantly.
More people voted for NOT Trump.
His margin of victory was the lowest since Nixon.
He lost seats in the house.
Mandate my ASS!
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It’s the real progressives we need to stand up. Bernie, and it looks like AOC is out there.
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