I am in an accelerationist mindset myself. Unfortunately, MAGA is too gaslit to care, and 90 million don’t care or pay attention enough to actually vote. How much would the country actually have to burn to pay attention? Though there feels like not a lot else to do. At least with accelerationism, you can cheer on the fire to rage. Helps with the depression.
If they could be strictly Originalist though, I could almost forgive them. I don’t see a real Originalist argument for Presidential Immunity, as just one example.
But then they voted with the Democrats to oust McCarthy…
OMG! I’d put money on it. Is there a remind me bot here on Lemmy?
I too watched Oppenheimer in the theaters.
If they could admit true remorse, probably. I’m not Christian though, so that might have something to do with it…
While an interesting map, the US is much more divided by rural vs urban considerations.
As a cis male, I swear that I took a totally different perspective from watching media like Boosom Buddies and Mrs. Doubtfire in my youth. I am sure their perspective is not at all totally reinforced by the propaganda apparatus of the right wing media gaslighing for decades about the “culture war”. They already felt alienated because they took the lie that Biden stole the election hook, line, and sinker, despite countless court cases being thrown out and FOX News settling to cough up $800m over their lies. They can’t come to reality. Justice is independent of their delusions, and should be a nonfactor if Trump is found guilty in a court of law.
And thank you for accepting criticism on the internet! I think I might really like being on lemmy! I do see where your thinking was there, though.
https://www.rand.org/blog/2020/12/why-we-send-them-money.html Good piece from the RAND Corporation. The short answer is that it is in the US’s self interest to do so…
I agree with the majority of what you are saying, but stating either the USSR or China had a foundation as a republic I would say is a gross mischaracterization, as supreme power within these states were held by the “communist” party, and not the people. Authoritarian regiems may play at calling themselves republics or democracies, but this should never be given credence.
I think authoritarian states typically get mislabeled very easily within modern times, especially by themselves. Some precedent I believe should exist for what I would loosely call “Stalinist” Communism, as that is what has been the most historical application of the term. But the modern Chinese state I believe would make Mao, Lenin, and even Stalin roll around in their graves by being considered Communist, and we should call a spade a spade. China is a fascist country now.
I would argue that China has implemented a one-party fascist system, as the major ideal of communism is the economic side. They have embraced capitalism, be it under the shadow of the authoritarian government, it is capitalism none the less…
From my understanding, this is different then communist states such as Cuba and North Korea, as the large majority of their means of production are still 100% state owned.
And this is completely fuelled by misinformation on the right. The Big Lie that Trump won in '20 and the election was stolen of course would be seen as a “threat to democracy” to MAGA. Of course then the prosecutions against Trump would seem illegitimate and political in nature, and again a “threat to democracy”. As would the notion that mail-in ballots and immigrants were causing illegal voting. It’s all fucking projection on Trump and Co’s part fulling the divisiveness of this country.