There, I fixed that for you. The people who embraced Trump and refused to hold him accountable in any way > the people who have ineffectually been trying to get rid of him.
But we’re not talking about challenging and improving laws here and there.
Neither are we. We're talking about a man who wants to be a dictator and has said as much. We're talking about the political party backing him that has a complete disregard for the aspirational ideals this country was founded on- a secular government that ensures equality for all. We're talking about the greatest wealth inequality in the history of the country. We're talking about the looting of public services to continue to drive that inequality even higher. We're talking about the language of fear and hate being spread from a coordinated political party and media that is enriched by that language.
Transferring power to someone who wants to improve your country but wants to do so in a way you disagree with is fine. Giving power to someone who said he is going to break everything is not.
The transition of power in a democracy must be honored, otherwise it’s not a democracy anymore
And now the dilemma becomes clear: you either give up democracy to prevent a fascist takeover, or you give up democracy because the fascists have taken over. Either way you've lost it, the question is whether you want the hope of it returning once purging fascists is done, or whether you want concentration camps and minority rule?
Democracy does not work when the electorate is uneducated and heavily propagandized, exactly the way America is now. Prioritizing the concept of democracy over the rights of people who will be hurt by the people you're handing power to, makes you complicit.
I've been relistening to the Hardcore History episodes about World War 1, and Dan Carlin makes an interesting observation: Türkiye gets so pissy when you call what the Young Turks did the "Armenian genocide" but genocides are so common throughout history that it would be notable if a country didn't commit one. Israel is also mad about calling what they're doing in Gaza as a genocide, insisting that the 40,000 Gazans who have been killed were obviously Hamas, even 70% of which were women and children.
"Genocide" and "Nazi" are now odd words in English- they're concepts that certain deplorable people have no qualms with idealizing and adhering to, as long as you don't call them that.
If there was a "deep state" working to keep Trump from being elected, why would they have given him similar vote totals to 2020 yet given Harris less than Biden?
Nah, men won't be allowed to have husbands.