@ciredutempsEsme @mercedesallen

The incels want to treat all women like pornographic objects, but the fundamentalists want to completely ban porn.

The libertarians want to abolish the Department of Education, but the social conservatives want to use it to prevent schools teaching that LGBT+ people exist.

The billionaires don't want to pay taxes and don't want anyone else to have any money to pay taxes with, but the cops want the cops to be well funded.

If you read Project 2025, it's riddled with this sort of contradiction. It can't be implemented without first having power struggles between the various parts of Trump's coalition.

@patzearfoss

I think your hope is right, in that it cannot be successfully implemented as a whole and anyone who says it can is either stupid or lying. However, I also think large parts of it will be implemented, including some of the contradictory parts.

I've said before that we should remember that in his first term, Trump couldn't get the ACA repealed or the wall built despite controlling the government completely at that point. The man is both too corrupt and dishonest to keep all his promises to his base, and also too incompetent to do all the things he actually wants to do. However, he is still going to do a lot of very bad things, some of which are not listed in Project 2025.

I don't think this is the end. I remain optimistic that in our lifetimes, we will see the overthrow of capitalism and the birth of a better society. But the racist rapist who just got elected in the US isn't going to make the journey any fucking easier.

@passenger @patzearfoss

Thomas Zimmer argues that it will be different the second time around:
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/why-the-stakes-in-this-election-are
Succintly: they're better prepared, they've captured the judiciary, they've purged the Republican Party, and the right is more radical and violent than it was before.