The ultimate risk to the American republic is that Democrats give up their unilateral observance of basic norms. The system can survive, just about, one of the two main parties going feral. … The story is what far worse behaviours it might augur from the Democrats in future, given the incentives they face.
Behaviours such as? Giving up on normal leaders and elevating a demagogue of the left: a Huey Long for our age. Or choosing which election results to honour. Or embracing a leftist version of deep state theory: a total rejection of the US system.
Isn’t that what half of Lemmy has been screeching for? Basically “Save us from their fascism by instituting my flavor of fascism?”
So far, so good. He’s made a few good points that I’ve tried pointing out before. Reading on…
Ok, now WTF? The author expects an apology from the democratic party for simply abiding by tradition that the sitting president is the nominee? The whole point he’s trying to make in this article is that the norms need to be respected. Yeah, this went off the rails quick.
Then he goes on to list all a good handful of the ways Trump abused power and tried to overthrow the government before finally wrapping up with a “What about Hunter Biden?!”
In conclusion, the author made a few good points in the beginning, contradicted himself halfway through, and wrapped up with a whatabout.
Isn’t that what half of Lemmy has been screeching for? Basically “Save us from their fascism by instituting my flavor of fascism?”
No. That’s just stupid. Not even a totalitarian on the left (which is fundamentally contradictive) could be considered a fascist. It’s inherently a far right wing ideology. This is nonsense no matter what petty little grievances you think you have. And i say they as someone who thinks the online leftist spaces often trend towards being smothering.
Isn’t that what half of Lemmy has been screeching for? Basically “Save us from their fascism by instituting my flavor of fascism?”
So far, so good. He’s made a few good points that I’ve tried pointing out before. Reading on…
Ok, now WTF? The author expects an apology from the democratic party for simply abiding by tradition that the sitting president is the nominee? The whole point he’s trying to make in this article is that the norms need to be respected. Yeah, this went off the rails quick.
Then he goes on to list
alla good handful of the ways Trump abused power and tried to overthrow the government before finally wrapping up with a “What about Hunter Biden?!”In conclusion, the author made a few good points in the beginning, contradicted himself halfway through, and wrapped up with a whatabout.
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No. That’s just stupid. Not even a totalitarian on the left (which is fundamentally contradictive) could be considered a fascist. It’s inherently a far right wing ideology. This is nonsense no matter what petty little grievances you think you have. And i say they as someone who thinks the online leftist spaces often trend towards being smothering.