Paths to what?
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Replying to @Noahpinion @MattMajeune
If Trump and the white supremacists remain in power for a long time, what do you think the alternatives to “abolish America” would be?
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @MattMajeune
1) Keep trying to unseat them without abolishing America 2) Do nothing and accept their rule 3) Move out
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Replying to @Noahpinion @MattMajeune
It seems like the range of possibilities inside 1) is vast. Like would us switching to a different democratic governing system still nominally called America be abolishing America? Or is ending EC abolishing America?
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @MattMajeune
Well how could we switch to a different system with Trumpism in power?
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Replying to @Noahpinion @MattMajeune
Probably would require a vast, broad-based political movement. And perhaps people with a lot of vested interest or wealth in the existing system would strategically frame the motives of this movement as “abolish America” to protect those interests?
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @MattMajeune
The vast broad-based political movement would have to choose to try to win within the current system and then change the system, or abolish the system.
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Replying to @Noahpinion @MattMajeune
It’s also possible there are multiple interconnected flanks of the movement and an “abolish” flank of the movement makes the “win within the system” part of the movement much more attractive to everyone.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @MattMajeune
Sure, though "interconnected flanks" is a bit of a mixed metaphor, and would-be Overton Window shifters always run the risk of being taken too seriously...
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Replying to @Noahpinion @MattMajeune
I think we’re really discussing the latter. Overton window shifters know they have to seem credibly scary enough to move the center of the window otherwise they’re not effective.
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But if they seem too credible, they also risk stirring up organized opposition on the other side of the window.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @MattMajeune
For a while it's fun having the "bad cop" on your side, but then at some point if you don't restrain them, they become a liability and discredit you completely. Witness what happened to the GOP
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Replying to @Noahpinion @MattMajeune
Cop is not the metaphor I would choose at this moment in time but I understand what you’re trying to say.
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