Everybody's worried the fascists are going to win the game, when the real concern is that they're trying to blow up the stadium.
@davetroy Yes! I was trying to explain this to my husband this morning but was fumbling my words. You put it so simply.
@davetroy and the city the stadium is in
@davetroy yep…and they’re hurting themselves every step they take.

@Rainy @davetroy

They don't really care as long they don't lose power.

@ruby @davetroy yes and that’s great news for Dems in 24’.
@Rainy @ruby it is hubris to miscalculate the degree to which institutions and their controls can be destroyed by terrorists.
@davetroy @ruby OK Batman

@Rainy @davetroy

I'm guessing you still believe in a magical blue wave that's going to save us all without anyone having to do any hard work

@davetroy l but the prize for winning the game is a blueprint of the stadium and explosives
@davetroy Goddamn that's a brilliant analogy
@davetroy
Those who don't believe in government shouldn't be allowed to govern, so why do we keep letting them?
@davetroy
There is NO such thing as 'new'. Everything only repeats throughout history, and we WILL build back better stadiums....until they're blown up again.
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Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in the capital Sunday. Police have cleared the crowds and arrested hundreds of people.

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@davetroy #VoteBlue, save America from being tainted with right-wing and far-right mess.
@davetroy Yuuupppp. If they can’t have it, they’ll break it. Oh well, we’ll make more. Demographics hurry up.

@TheBull874 @davetroy

Demographics won't save us, they never have. We have to organize and use our power to demand a better future.

@davetroy Black Sunday reference...
@davetroy Agreed. I'm tired of Republicans threatening to blow up the Staples center, a tired trope culled from the titular video game release Sonic Adventure 2.
@davetroy
We need a site called "WhatAreTheyUpTo.org" where you and others can lay out the breadcrumbs for us to follow to exactly WTF is going on here. And there. And everywhere.
@davetroy Indeed. There's so much brutal finality in what they're trying to accomplish. If we can't win, then no one will ever win again or play even.

@davetroy

Your concern is real. Still, it matters if you have enough faith in us to show up and vote against them again.

@Fayedray some problems cannot be fixed with voting alone. That's the issue we have to confront. So, obviously, voting matters and must be done. But what we are suffering from is a failure of imagination. I discuss this in some detail here.
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@davetroy That expresses how I feel precisely!
@davetroy That's the only way the #Republican #FourthReich wins the "game". They need to blow up the country to win.

@davetroy It's looking more likely by the day.

If they do succeed, it will throw the entire Government into chaos (both parties). They would either need to scramble to build another party (keeping balance), or dissolve the party system altogether. (This would be my personal choice)

@davetroy Actually, they are trying to blow up the city but this is still true.
@davetroy they absolutely want to burn it all down if they feel they have lost the game.