I want to strongly speak out against this view, which I hear from too many directions. The idea that fascism arrives one week from today if we don't win some pivotal battle has been a consistently demoralizing force in attempts to resist Trump and his attacks on democracyhttps://twitter.com/BrynnTannehill/status/1299305312256757761 …
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One final thought based on this excellent point. I remember the travel ban, when people filled the streets and airports in defense of neighbors and coworkers, and then we won a court injunction and the energy completely disappeared from the movementhttps://twitter.com/ckoppelman/status/1299440880777125890 …
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Also, the work is difficult and I think a lot of people would be relieved if there was a takeover and their work shifted from long, boring grinds to just beating the crap out of each other.
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That's very challenging to hold back, especially when one side always has to be patient and the other side gets what they want in 7 shots. https://twitter.com/abc3340/status/1299406394689347585 …
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That's what I mean by 'about half'
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Yes authoritarianism happens via a slow slide, but the election is a major event with major consequences. If we can't mobilize to deal with this obvious issue, how're we going to deal with the continuing boiling of the frog? 1/2
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2) What does it matter if Trump uses a sledgehammer vs. a scalpel? The sledgehammer is working. And besides, there's others in his orbit, like McConnell, who are happy to do the detail work.
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Where "population" means less than half of the voting population?
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Only if you assume that non-voters are uniformly against Trump which... I wouldn't assume that
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For me, that's nearly all of the darker thoughts. Well, that and the knowledge that even if Biden wins, there's a long grind ahead towards restoring America's democracy, and no clear roadmap through that grind.
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