Yeah, this might finally break my brain to become fully stancil-pilled, the entire left side of the political spectrum appears to actively desire jumping off a cliff
I don't know to what extent this is the mix of people's motives, but it frequently gets floated out there and it is such a short-sighted read of the risks that come with a second Trump term. Further Orbanization of the media environment is likely and there's some risk of flat gov speech oppression.
Can't be earning that sweet pundit dough if you're fired and facing trial for some made-up charges because you insulted the capricious vanity of the President.
Oh, for sure. Same story with them. Peoples mental model of the risk here should be closer to what political opposition looks like under Orban or Putin, not the consultant ecosystem that developed over the last generation existing in perpetuity.
it's an oversimplification for sure. but the fact is these folks make a LOT of money on perceived savvy, whichever party is in power.
if they can get out front and try to appear to have "called it," regardless what happens in november, they get paid, as consultants, as press, as "insiders"
Yeah, I buy that this has some pull. I just think it's incredibly naive about how genuinely authoritarian Trump is and how dismantled institutional resistance to those impulses will be. People's livelihoods and even their lives can easily be at risk.
i 100% agree.
i'm related to some of these people. i called them in november 16 to talk about strategy moving forward - they didn't care. they were getting paid no matter what.
