• ctkatz@lemmy.ml
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    24 hours ago

    oh look, the inevitable conclusion of what happens when you crave power for power’s sake so much that you sell your soul to appeal only to the true believers that your entire political career is 100% dependent on their votes even though you know they’re fucking insane and get ultraviolent at the barest perception of being slighted or inconvenienced.

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    1 day ago

    Maybe, just maybe, if will dawn on some of them that if their own party is acting like the Gestapo, they are on the wrong side of history…

    Nah, who am I kidding.

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    1 day ago

    Until they fear anti-fascists more, they will continue to capitulate to fascism.

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    1 day ago

    I recall how in 2015 many in the Republican establishment were actually opposed to Trump getting into power. Then, they suddenly flipped and started saying he was the best ever, and have since then. It seems they got here on fear of Trump and his fervent fans and after enabling him for years, they end up… in fear of Trump and his fans.

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    23 hours ago

    Yeah, I mean they are in the shit now. I guess they should have considered where capitulation puts them. Falling out of windows probably.

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    22 hours ago

    You know this might be a sign that the guy’s gotta go, maybe it’s just me