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Jennifer Smyth @jensmyth.myatproto.social · 21/12/2024

I screencapped so many whole paragraphs from this that it became untenable, so here’s one of many times I threw my fist up in the air:

Republicans have successfully tried to step into that political vacuum. We can say that Trump’s political platform, his policy platform, and his economic plans are ridiculous and make no sense. But what the Republicans are doing is offering a narrative to explain why your life, your life chances, your quality of life have gone into the toilet. We’re going to offer you an explanation. We’re going to blame immigrants, and we’re going to blame crime. The Democrats don’t have an explanation for why this has happened.

Daniel No. They don’t have an explanation because they don’t have an enemy. Because the enemy is the base that they’re hoping to have.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

"The problem is that the bottom of the Democratic Party literally fell out." here an excerpt from @danieldenvir.bsky.social's interview of @keeanga.bsky.social hammerandhope.org/article/elec...

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Donald Trump’s Victory, the Elitism of Democrats, and the Need to Build a Hospitable Left

Analyzing the 2024 election and its aftermath.

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Rakesh Bhandari @postdiscipline.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

But that’s not what the GOP is selling—explanations for pain. It is providing the possibility of redirecting the aggression created by pain, humiliation or embarrassment onto others not responsible for the underlying problem.

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