"I feel very strongly that we in the lefty world ask for perfection from everyone and are too often damning of those who we agree with 90 percent of the time, but might not agree with 10 percent of the time. Social media makes this worse; all those likes reinforce our most exclusive elements."

~ Erik Loomis

Amen. The silly purism and lack of solidarity of many lefties in face of rising fascism: just nutty.

#politics #Democrats #purism #CircularFiringSquad

https://www.wonkette.com/p/wherein-a-historian-tries-to-figure

Wherein A Historian Tries To Figure Out How To Fix This Disaster

Not-drunk history with Erik Loomis!

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@wdlindsy

Leftists live in a world that normalizes constructive criticism & feedback loops to course correct.

Checks & Balances -- its the immune system of a functional democracy.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/checks-and-balances.asp

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers

https://www.forbes.com/sites/timabansal/2025/07/11/how-systems-thinking--helps-leaders-avoid-bad-decisions/

However, as anyone with rheumatoid arthritis or lupus knows, sometimes the immune system goes off the rails ...

Republican billionaires know how to convert Checks & Balances into an autoimmune disease.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoimmune_disease

Checks and Balances: Definition, Examples, and How They Work

Checks and balances are organizational procedures to reduce mistakes, prevent improper behavior, or decrease the risk of centralization of power.

Investopedia