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Michael Tae Sweeney@mtsw.bsky.social |
The way the one-way ratchet of reactionary power works: They steal the Presidency in 2000, which lets them steal the Supreme Court and federal courts, which lets them rig elections, which lets them steal the legislatures, and on and on it goes until we're in one-party GOP rule in many states now.
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Public Universal Ally
@returnofmccarthy.bsky.social
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Plus, the opposition is well paid to do nothing about it. These discussions that hinge on the idea our pay-to-play system is fundamentally legitimate.. that's class-based oppression baked into argument form - a hidden appeal that we keep pretending, to preserve status quo.
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Jeff (no, the other one)
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They spent the entirety of the time between Watergate and 2000 doing tons of deregulation, flipping Ds to R in red states, stacking courts, oh & getting away with Iran-Contra, so yes it’s an ongoing project
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