they should be utterly combative to fascism it's fascism - ThreadSky

karlbode.com • 7 days ago

they should be utterly combative to fascism

it's fascism

100% one of the big stories of Trump's first 100 days; the shift from a base that valorizes compromise to one that demands combativeness is a big shift

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karlbode.com•7 days ago

Worrying that Dems will get tea party weird (forgetting the tea party was largely a fake populist movement bankrolled by billionaires trying to distract and divide) seems a touch premature given we can't even get most of the DNC to demonstrate a pulse at the moment

twose7en.bsky.social•7 days ago

I think this already exists naturally within the left-maybe as simply as some are WAY more passionate. But it must be why they can’t seem to unite fully where they should or maybe it’s because some of us are so bent on our ethics and morals we can’t even vote against them to save ourselves.

karlbode.com•7 days ago

Were about to find out if societal and governmental collapse can be unifying for the "herding cats" left

twose7en.bsky.social•7 days ago

Yeah…and I wouldn’t be surprised to see some more of them fall to the right out of fear. Our public officials are compromised in too many ways to stand up for us.

karlbode.com•7 days ago

It's where all the easy money is at the moment, look at all the racist right wing substackers

zwengrovius.bsky.social•7 days ago

LOL, imagine trying to get liberals to wear the same costume to a rally. We're all stray cats, basically.

karlbode.com•7 days ago

"oh no suddenly Dems are too organized" is not going to ever be a thing

harris439.bsky.social•7 days ago

Exactly

kevinsfca.bsky.social•7 days ago

remember these folks

karlbode.com•7 days ago

sure do

hope that glorified vibes-driven acceleration is they were pushing for worked out for them

karlbode.com•7 days ago

*accelerationism

montels2.bsky.social•7 days ago

A bunch of old men destroying the government 😥😥

eastsidegadfly.bsky.social•7 days ago

They told us over and over it was fascism and then they lost an election and decided it was time to take a breather 🤦🏻‍♀️

karlbode.com•7 days ago

nap time!

frankhumungus.bsky.social•7 days ago

When they say “risk a tea party moment,” they mean the Bernie Sanders/Squad wing of the party finally displacing the worthless Pelosi/Schumer establishment. Ooooooohhhh scary.

karlbode.com•7 days ago

Yes it's code for making the party younger and more progressive

ignoring (again) the tea party was fake billionaire orchestrated pseudo populism

frankhumungus.bsky.social•7 days ago

Right wing populism is, by definition, fake. Right wing politics is fundamentally on the side of capital. You can not be right wing and populist. It’s wild to me that so many people struggle with that.

karlbode.com•7 days ago

throw it on the giant pile of press failures

You still see Trumpism framed as populism while he's busy destroying everything to the benefit of a small percentage of affluent shitlords

imcjsdad.bsky.social•7 days ago

Yea, I think bipartisan compromise is less appealing when the party in power is actively disappearing dissidents…

karlbode.com•7 days ago

They're genuinely killing people at scale. Should the response not be combative?

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