I can’t disagree with any of that, but I’m reluctant to agree.
Yes, it’s absolutely true that “going high” and “checks and balances” has absolutely failed. Repeatedly.
I also agree that republicans are doing everything they can to stack the midterms. I think the plan is, if the swing against Trump is large enough then it becomes extraordinarily difficult / impossible to obscure. My concern here is that if everything goes to plan and Trump can be somehow removed, and then the Dems win a decisive victory in 2028 (?) and you have a Dem POTUS… nothing will be wound back. They’ll disappear the tariffs and normalise the economy, and set the stage for the a do-over with the next Republican government.
You may well be right about violent revolution, but I feel like there needs to be a very high level of desperation for people to organise against an oppressive regime, and I just don’t think the US is anywhere near that.
I can’t disagree with any of that, but I’m reluctant to agree.
Yes, it’s absolutely true that “going high” and “checks and balances” has absolutely failed. Repeatedly.
I also agree that republicans are doing everything they can to stack the midterms. I think the plan is, if the swing against Trump is large enough then it becomes extraordinarily difficult / impossible to obscure. My concern here is that if everything goes to plan and Trump can be somehow removed, and then the Dems win a decisive victory in 2028 (?) and you have a Dem POTUS… nothing will be wound back. They’ll disappear the tariffs and normalise the economy, and set the stage for the a do-over with the next Republican government.
You may well be right about violent revolution, but I feel like there needs to be a very high level of desperation for people to organise against an oppressive regime, and I just don’t think the US is anywhere near that.