Dan HonNov 21, 2024

The secession is already here -- it's just not very evenly distributed.

Such a flagrant disregard for the rule of law from the incoming administration is a symptom of the fact that the union has broken, and nobody -- one particular bloc in particular -- wants to face that at all.

Show threadDan HonNov 21, 2024

The polite gentlemens' truce following the civil war is broken. If you keep trying to act like a polite gentleman that the compact and union are still agreed upon, well.

Thanks for fucking us over by trying super hard to ignore reality.

The “so what are you gonna do? stop us?” attitude to the rule of law is the sign that the compact's over.

*Especially* with repeated failure and reluctance to enforce the agreement.

Show threadDan HonNov 21, 2024

I don't want "the Democrats" to flail about trying to figure out "how to win the next election”.

I want to see someone, anyone, figure out "what do you do next when the union has broken?”

This administration and by extension the entire GOP -- who won! -- have already seceded.

Show threadDan HonNov 21, 2024

I don't think the thing to do is to try to win the next election.

Start building what's next.

Show threadIrenes (many)Nov 25, 2024
@danhon that's our view as well. build the social structures that we want to have after the war, and also the ones that will help us survive it.
Show threadIrenes (many)
@danhon we want to note that this is explicitly outside the job of elected officials, who have taken oaths to uphold the current order. they can't even begin thinking about replacements for that order. your remarks seem to be aware of that, we just point it out because we think a lot of people haven't thought it through.
Nov 25, 2024 at 11:27pmWeb