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[–] 60 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

The faster they move the more they can get done before their opponents can mobilise resistance.

I would say that so far, there appears to be much less public resistance to Republican policies than in previous years. The Democrats appear to be at sea. The left's working class base is split. Public institutions are too busy protecting their turf, making gestures at cooperating with the new world order rather than trying to resist.

It feels like last time there was an assumption that Trump and MAGA politics a criminal dictator and fascist politics were a blip or aberration from the norm, now there's an acceptance that they're institutionalised.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Trump and MAGA politics

    Maybe the language we use to describe them is itself normalising and pacifying. Like calling a Nazi salute a "hand gesture."

    I would suggest "a criminal dictator and fascist politics" as a substitute in your sentence to provoke an acceptable, proportionate reaction.

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