• BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    It wouldn’t matter as long as Congress, the courts, and the states remain as undemocratically corrupt as they are now. The US is cooked and isn’t going to get better. The best case scenario is that it falls apart and the states form new, sovereign entities. The fascists won’t just disappear, and they wont learn any lessons from the current administration or from reaping what they sow.

    Short of massive, unprecedented, and devastating civil action, there is no hope.

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      17 hours ago

      Short of massive, unprecedented, and devastating civil action, there is no hope.

      Then call for massive, unprecedented, and devastating civil action rather than portending doom. Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.

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        17 hours ago

        This is the first time I’ve seen or heard the phrase “pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.” I quite like that, thank you for exposing me to it.

    • Tinidril@midwest.social
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      17 hours ago

      You are right, but the problem is less about corruption in politics and more about the weakness of voters. As bad as shit is, it’s pretty much exactly what we voted for.