The lesson: this is what bipartisanship with fascists gets you.
Fascist do not care about bipartisanship. If you pursue it with them, they will make a fool of you.
There is only defiance and opposition. That’s all any decent people want from their leaders anyway. Those who won’t can gtfo.
Fascist do not care about bipartisanship. If you pursue it with them, they will make a fool of you.
There is only defiance and opposition. That’s all any decent people want from their leaders anyway. Those who won’t can gtfo.
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Lars Andersen
Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan. She's been seen as a reasonably progressive candidate, and a prospect for '28. Went with a bipartisan group to discuss Michigan-issues with White House, Trump ambushed her with press and praise, this game of peekaboo is how she reacted and now she looks like an idiot.
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See Governor Janet Mills!!
GTFO
- Franz von Papen
Fascists already have their fascist candidates and have nothing but contempt for collaborators.
Antifascists have no need for collaboration either.
The end.
But in these hyperpolarized times, there just is no center to even occupy. It's like trying to take a seat in no man's land between trench lines. Even throwing aside the idea you should meet the fash halfway.
Use the space strategically to become a barrier to the authoritarians from "moving the sink" back to the sweet spot of supremacy.
strategically be a barrier to
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Capitalism is all about win-win transactions.
Fascism is the opposite: I win you lose.
There's no making an equitable deal with them.
How’s it going for Columbia University?
There is no gain from collaborating.
go on
I'm not willing to concede that approach is ever viable, but this is a specific concrete example of it being objectively a mistake.
It's the Ed Milliband sandwich over and over again.
Hell, just let Trump pick with whom he wants to work...like a monarch.
please
Let's give her another chance.
Nazis are the time for zero tolerance. Period.