Oh for sure. Worth emphasizing anyway the political effects of Trump-the-signular-fascist claims could be perverse or at least neutral. (@dbessner said this elsewhere in this web of threads)
Not sure if saw this part below.
No one remembers MS-13!https://twitter.com/AliceFromQueens/status/1322995526627975168 …
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absolutely. in fact, he wound up signing the first step act, which is supposed to reduce federal incarceration rates. (tom cotton opposed it.)
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Yeah if you want to talk about a real fascist threat...
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The guy has the charisma of a doorknob. I don't see it happening. Reminds me of how Hannah Arendt ended a part Origins of Totalitarianism by warning of an even worse totalitarianism to come in the form of Molotov. Never really happened.
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Replying to @gabrielwinant @CoreyRobin and
If Carlson wants the GOP nomination in 2024 or 2028, I think he has a good shot at it.
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More focus on the GOP as an authoritarian/minoritarian/libertarian—state violence hybrid is what’s important here. Trump added super corruption and even more authoritarianism, but the party enables him. The party is the danger.
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I agree with that but the minoritarian game-plan makes abnormally charismatic presidential candidates more crucial for the GOP than for Dems
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That's true, although I'll note that the Dems won with Bill Clinton & Obama (two of the most charismatic politicians in memory) and lost with Mondale, Dukakis, Gore, Kerry, and Hillary Clinton (none of whom, I think, can be accused of an excess of charisma).
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Not my job to offer false hope. In any case, if Biden wins he'll finally vindicate the Democrats long preference for boring candidates.
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Replying to @xlorentzen @AliceFromQueens and
Stevenson to my mind was the quintessential Democratic candidate since he went around saying he thought Eisenhower was great and deserved to win.
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