Kevin Gannon @thetattooedprof.bsky.social

Thread. A perceptive and accurate assessment of where we are (and where we've been for a while even if lots of folks refused to see it)

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Darren Simmons @darrensimmons.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 13:43 UTC

The best that can be said is that those folks believe in a Herrenvolk pseudodemocracy, but that’s probably giving them more credit than they are actually due. Most seem to want a dictatorship so long as their “Us™” constitutes the innermost of the in-group…

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Brian Bruce @brianvancebruce.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 13:56 UTC

One thing I've slowly realized is that when conservatives say, "we're not a democracy", what they are really saying is "we don't want to be a democracy". Equal representation, rule of law, pluralism, etc are all things the right oppose.

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