LaffyMar 13, 2024

👀Via Timothy Snyder:

#Trump's allies are selling out #Ukraine in exchange for #Russia backing in the election.

A Trump victory in November would finish off US democracy.

And a Russian victory in Ukraine would doom freedom generally.

If this minority coalition of international fascists wins in 2024, life will be rotten for everyone else indefinitely.

If you want a chance to live in a decent world, you've got half a year to act.

Show threadPēteris KrišjānisMar 13, 2024
@GottaLaff no, it wouldn't. It would make everything much harder, but saying it would doom everyone and everything is removing agency from many people who fight and will keep fighting.
Show threadLaffyMar 13, 2024
@peteriskrisjanis He’s doing the opposite. He’s lighting a fire under them. And… he’s an expert on this. Do you know his work?
Show threadPēteris KrišjānisMar 13, 2024
@GottaLaff I know him. I know him being quite emotional about Ukraine and a bit hyperbolic. I am from Latvia, it is next to me, I am very accute aware what is going on. However hyperbole is not gonna increase support. We need to be consistent. We need to call out fascists. And I realise people like them are trying rally support, but being hyperbolic about it....it pushes people away.
Show threadJennyMar 13, 2024
@peteriskrisjanis @GottaLaff Imagine describing tfg as “emotional about Ukraine and a bit hyperbolic” and the resistance as being too hyperbolic. My friend, I don’t doubt that you are aware of what is going on in your country, and perhaps the countries “next to” you. But you clearly do not “know” trump and your understanding of the dangers of a second trump presidency is naive and ill-informed.
Show threadPēteris KrišjānisMar 13, 2024
@tiamat271 @GottaLaff I consider Trump a danger, clear and cut, along with putin, climate change, etc.
What I don't consider that claiming doom on everything is way to raise flag and call to action. It is just that simple. It makes lots of people to tune out.
Show threadTC Won't Give In To Lies

@peteriskrisjanis @tiamat271 @GottaLaff
Timothy Snyder has written extensively on the fallacy of "the end of history"

Saying democracy is "doomed" is not him saying that is the end state. Of course, people will resist - and democracy may return at some future point.

But what is not hyperbole is that American democracy, certainly as known the past 80 years, will be replaced by some new type of autocratic rule.

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