Heidi Li FeldmanApr 15
We in the U.S are not on the brink of a constitutional crisis nor are we headed toward an authoritarian coup. Both are here now.
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@heidilifeldman

They won the coup in 2000 when the will of the people was ignored. They put the topping on with the Patriot Act.

This has been in motion for decades

Apr 15 at 11:48pmWeb
Show threadcameronbosch Apr 16
@DoNotPunchDown @heidilifeldman The dominos fell when Al Gore won the 2000 election but the Supreme Court stopped the counting before he would have won Florida and thus the election. They stole it.
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@cameronbosch @heidilifeldman

Yep

Show threadGeorge Liquor, AmericanApr 16
@DoNotPunchDown @heidilifeldman I get so goddamn tired of telling people this.
Show threadViolet MadderApr 16

@DoNotPunchDown @heidilifeldman

In the 70s, with the assassinations.

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@violetmadder @heidilifeldman

Good point

Show threadViolet MadderApr 16

@DoNotPunchDown @heidilifeldman

That's when neoliberalism kicked in and wages were de-coupled from productivity, a trend that stays remarkably steady under every administration since.

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@violetmadder @heidilifeldman

Roy Cohn

Show threadMrEdgarBassApr 16
@violetmadder @DoNotPunchDown @heidilifeldman I think you mean 60’s. JFK, RFK, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King jr, Fred Hampton, Medgar Evers, others.
Show threadViolet MadderApr 17

@MrEdgarBass @DoNotPunchDown @heidilifeldman

Right

Show threadDoNotPunchDownApr 17

@violetmadder @MrEdgarBass @heidilifeldman

So much for so long.

Show threadcyApr 17
Just don't forget the question is how to stop them now, not when they started. Very few adults in the 60's are even still alive today. There's a reason their chosen leaders are all very elderly men.

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Show threadViolet MadderApr 17

@cy @MrEdgarBass @DoNotPunchDown @heidilifeldman

Stopping them now requires understanding what we're dealing with and how it works. Most people have no idea how to connect to the big picture of history or the overall system, since we're being trained to see the orange jerk as the isolated source of our current problems.

Show threadcyApr 17
That's true enough. I think it's sufficient for people to know there are people out of the spotlight who really need to be stripped of power, and they use angry clowns to distract us from that. Doesn't even matter who they are specifically, just that we need ways to defend ourselves against people like that. So in short, keep up with your neighbors.
Show threadCome On Giant Asteroid!Apr 16

@DoNotPunchDown @heidilifeldman

Hey now. Shrub won that election fair and square, 5 votes to 4.

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@VE2UWY @heidilifeldman

😂😂

Show threadMrEdgarBassApr 16
@DoNotPunchDown @heidilifeldman Decades, true. But you have to go back farther. Check out the Powell Memorandum written by a future Supreme Court justice.