HeavenlyPossumAug 27, 2025

US Democrats are so enamored with the idea that Trump is “distracting” because a fundamental pillar of US liberalism is that nothing real can ever happen. It’s just not allowed. So when real things do happen, like a fascist takeover and military occupation of the US capital, they can only conceive of it in terms of messaging, of signs and symbols.

The real world ended in 1992, after the Soviet Union collapsed and Bill Clinton became President and neoliberalism settled in as The End of History.

The first real thing that will ever happen to many of these people will be their own deaths.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/dem-strategists-urged-party-trump-military-takeover-1235415635/

Dems’ Messaging Nerds Urged Party Not to Talk About Trump’s Military Takeover

Democrats’ favorite research firm told Democrats to avoid discussing Trump’s “rising authoritarianism” and focus on tariffs instead.

Rolling Stone
Show threadToni Aittoniemi
@HeavenlyPossum Isn’t the job of the US Democratic Party to merely stop the extremism of the far-right of the republican party, and to pretend and dilute down left politics to prevent any genuine left movements from ever gaining traction in the country? 😃
Aug 27, 2025 at 1:17pmWeb
Show threadViolet MadderAug 28, 2025

@gimulnautti @HeavenlyPossum

No. Common misconception, but NO, no they are NOT here to stop the extremism of far right Republicans. Remember the Pied Piper Strategy?? They explicitly WANT the GOP more and more extreme. They'll platform, amplify, and even outright fund that shit.

Hamstringing the left is their only job.