FreelanceHedgeFox
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Lurking on the academic edges
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It’s a combination of exceptionalist mythology, (willful) historical ignorance, a lack of political imagination, a lust for bashing “the Libs” by portraying them as hysterics - plus a desire to flatter and accommodate power.
Nothing will make them stop yelling “It cannot happen here!”
But it can.
Nothing will make them stop yelling “It cannot happen here!”
But it can.
It Could Definitely Happen Here
Many Americans struggle to accept that democracy is young, fragile, and could actually collapse – a lack of imagination that dangerously blunts the response to the Trumpist Right
thomaszimmer.substack.com
November 9, 2024 at 5:45 PM
It’s a combination of exceptionalist mythology, (willful) historical ignorance, a lack of political imagination, a lust for bashing “the Libs” by portraying them as hysterics - plus a desire to flatter and accommodate power.
Nothing will make them stop yelling “It cannot happen here!”
But it can.
Nothing will make them stop yelling “It cannot happen here!”
But it can.
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Maybe pundits need to mull the implications more that voters routinely reject Republican policies when presented à la carte, yet accept them when packaged in the form of a face they know from Fox News.
Despite Trump’s win in the presidential race, school vouchers were again soundly rejected by significant majorities of Americans
Despite Trump’s Win, School Vouchers Were Again Rejected by Majorities of Voters
In several Republican-led states, popular sentiment on the voucher issue has been overridden by the efforts of special interest groups and powerful governors who have enacted sweeping voucher programs...
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Maybe pundits need to mull the implications more that voters routinely reject Republican policies when presented à la carte, yet accept them when packaged in the form of a face they know from Fox News.
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There is a special curse for SF writers. Not ‘interesting times’ but ‘may you live to see the future you wrote about.’
November 9, 2024 at 4:03 PM
There is a special curse for SF writers. Not ‘interesting times’ but ‘may you live to see the future you wrote about.’