Yes. After her loss, Stacey Abrams did not run for Senate, but went to build infrastructure empowering and protecting voters in Georgia. The rest is history, made today. Threats can be countered if they are are both recognized correctly and fought hard.https://twitter.com/erica1933/status/1324782385825808384 …
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I don’t think people are processing how close to getting reelected Trump got. Switch ~40,000 (a single stadium!) of the national vote in few states (out of ~160,000,000) and he’d get a second term. Yes, yes popular vote but that doesn’t get you elected.https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1328020355429130241 …
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Devil's advocate: if FB/Twitter had more aggressively censored Trump earlier, they would have had less credibility when it came time to adjudicate basic pieces of information like whether or not the election had been "stolen".
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The incompetence and “entertainment value” is exactly why he succeeded so spectacularly. No truly competent authoritarian would succeed. That is not what we need to fear. ( there IS plenty to fear e.g. the entertainment value of disinformation)
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Forget it, Jake. It's Philly Town.
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After Trump experience oligarchs of USA will become smarter. They will now bet on a camouflaged version of Trump who would have more staying power, and would succeed in establishing a robust inner system to perpetuate oligarchy.
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you havea take on the FairnessDoctrine and dealing with social networks feeding misinformation? 1/2
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This is interesting that you mentioned Josh Hawley. He worries me. He will never lose his seat unless there is a massive rapture. He is not qualified to be a Senator, and yet, there he is. Sitting in the seat where his predecessor worked tirelessly for the people of Missouri.
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I'm with you completely. What frightens me already, is too many even "educated" don't think this can/will happen. Frustrating and begs credulity.
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On the other hand it’s only *last week* he got abandoned by Fox News, and saw actual pushback from Facebook and Twitter. Only after he lost. Watch the next four years for that, too.