The white centrists and liberals who clutch pearls about "hearing all viewpoints" aren't doing so for principled reasons but because they like keeping Nazis around as a threat and a bulwark to use against the left and marginalized people, and because they not infrequently agree with them.
Sep 22, 2024, 8:33 PM@gwynnion I love it when I point out a few things, and they go "well, we have to deal with reality, where your far-left ideals do not work!"
For, like, bringing up stuff that is even "accepted by right wing politicians" in Europe.
"Listen, dude, you have NO idea what far-left is - you want me to bring in far-left politics, I'll show you far-left politics"
Funny thing is, as reality goes, these are the only politics that can give us a future.
@gwynnion This post made me think of what Macron is doing to France. The left wins an elections, but the government moves right bringing in #fascists or those adjacent.
I could see something similar in the US. A big win for #KamalaHarris and the #DemocraticParty, but somehow a debt will be owed to the likes of the Cheneys and Lincoln Project types and billionaire donors. Therefore, actual governance will continue to slip to the right.