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  • theneverfox@pawb.social
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    9 hours ago

    And what is the other option? Start up a third party? We don’t have time for that.

    If the stars aligned, best case, it would take a bare minimum of 2 election cycles to get a party established. One to get enough seats to form a voting block and gain legitimacy to the average voter, then another to gain enough seats to be more than a side note

    And meanwhile, Democrats will still exist, and since they hate the left more than fascism they’ll still fight tooth and nail.

    We don’t have time or other options.

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      8 hours ago

      We don’t have time for that.

      Why? What’s the deadline? If you mean to stop fascism then either way fascism isn’t going to be stopped at the ballot box; parties and elections are day after stuff.

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        3 hours ago

        It kinda can… This brand of incompetent fascism at least

        Who are key holders of power right now? Trump and his backers haven’t solidified their control, the military leadership is balking at the incompetence, the judiciary is realizing if they cave to Trump they’ll give up all power, and the oligarchs running the media and economy are getting cold feet

        They still need Congress. And with Musk proving himself incapable of primarying anyone, the. Cracks are forming in the solid front they had initially… The tea party turned maga was able to take over the party for exactly that reason, and now Trump’s endorsement is becoming a liability. Hell, even MTG is making moves to break with Trump

        We don’t have to wait for elections to make a difference. The fighting oligarchy tour is making everyone pay very careful attention to election projections - in special elections we’ve already shown the game has changed

        We don’t have time, because this is our chance. Both parties are in turmoil, and the people are louder than ever. And most of what Trump has done hasn’t actually hit people yet… This summer is going to be rough

        This is the greatest chance the left has had in a century. If we can lock into what we do next and unite, Trump could be stopped and the midterms could be a true tuning point. We could get the momentum to fix things

        Or, we can let the democrats come back in and grandstand about civility and reaching across the isle to the monsters.

        The Democratic party is going to win in a landslide the next two elections, whether in their current form or under new management

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          2 hours ago

          It kinda can… This brand of incompetent fascism at least

          Fascism is always incompetent, and it always (when it gets to the state America is in now) succeeds despite its incompetence.

          They still need Congress.

          They won’t by the midterms. I’d like to remind you that Trump was inaugurated only three and a half months ago. He still has almost 7 times as much time as has passed between Jan 20th and today before the midterms to pass his agenda, and project 2025 is 42% done. They’re trying to pass the SAVE act, striking a deal with Rwanda to ramp up deportations and now intimidating the judiciary. This is a lot farther along than you seem to be thinking. By the midterms, Trump will have the infrastructure in place to claim the election is stolen and declare martial law if he doesn’t get his way.

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            8 minutes ago

            So… Have you given up on all bloodless paths? In that case, why worry about the Democratic party at all?

            We’re too late to avoid mass suffering. We’re to late to go back to normal. We’re not too late to ride the wave to somewhere better.

            There’s no giving up. That’s just letting the fascists win. Things look bad, things are going to get worse… But it’s far from over

            We have to pursue all paths, all the time. We have to look for the cracks. The midterms are way too late to save us… But the pressure of the upcoming midterms are felt today, they can force resistance today