a thing i really sincerely believe is that both the center left and the left left have got to snap out of peacetime dilettantism and recognize that we are at war.
whatever differences there are, and there are enough to argue about until the end of time itself, simply aren’t large or important enough to matter given the size and scope of the threat.
What happened in Italies last election should be a giant warning sign.The right stuck together in one coalition while the centre to left ran 3 different coalitions.Guess what happened .Despite not winning the majority of the votes the right got most seats and now govern in Italy eroding democracy
I don't know about that. Libertarians have all transformed from guys who don't like seat belt laws into guys who think laws banning abortions or trans healthcare do not go far enough, all without the slightest resistance.
2016 seemed like an existential threat due to Trump’s obvious incompetence, but this is some much darker and evil shit that we’re dealing with, and failing to beat it back means the end of everything we like to pretend this country stands for
Yeah they were kinda flailing on the first term, but these people have had the last 4 years to prepare and to wage wars in the news and on social media to whip up hate and vitriol enough to solidify their plans. Things like Project 2025 are indescribably horrific
like, the supreme court says a president (but not *the* president) is a king, man, i don’t give a shit about who you supported in the 2016 primary and you fucking shouldn’t, either, that’s old shit and we have new and much more dangerous problems now
And the center center (which is me, obviously, as my opinions are clearly the benchmark for the universe of political theory and discourse), too, and even the center right (defined as everyone to the right of me who isn't insane or criminal or criminally insane or fascist but I repeat myself)
The thing is some people on the left and the centre don't want to adress the real threat or won't take it serious enough until its too late. Media is complicit in this too see how Bannon was send off to prison giving huge mainstream media interviews.
Yeah it's not gonna be easy at all lol. But that's the work! And imo a real leftist perspective must be built on a foundation of care and respect, patience and willingness to help people grow.
Of course we are all human too so we are gonna screw it up sometimes lol. I fall short plenty.
I agree, but given how many left left exiles I keep seeing in predominantly liberal spaces, I'm not sure the left left has their head in the game right now. Like all local left left orgs in my city are doing events with PSL on a regular basis.
