This article provides a good, up-to-date listing of the spineless loyalists and second-rate sycophants that Trump is now racing to pack his cabinet with.
•• Trump’s Second Act: The Circus Doubles Down on Clowns ••
Grievance, Incompetence, and the Inevitable Collapse of a One-Man Movement
I'm mostly mad that it's fascism wrapping itself up in "economic concerns" vs the Democrats being wrong to mire themselves in "identity politics."
My husband brought up that "identity politics" term, and when I asked what he meant by that, he mentioned pronouns and LGBT stuff. So I asked (in a not-irritated tone, yay me) what Democrats were supposed to do when the far right wing is being so hateful and enacting restrictive policies. He kinda turned it into a "Democrats should do the same to [random far-right stereotypes]" joke. Which didn't really answer my question, but is maybe a good sign that he'll think about the practical side of the right's using "identity politics" as a weapon.
Also worth noting like MTG is threatening to fight Sarah McBride if Sarah tries to use the women's restroom at the Capitol. Like girl, chill. Why can't MTG just go to work with someone she disagrees with like the rest of us do all the time??
I also think you bring up a good point which is that like...economic concerns and identity politics are a false dichotomy. So much of how we experience the economy is wrapped up in our identity and experience. It's maybe not the best argument for like speeches or whatever, but reminding people that the more time we spend fighting each other the less time we have to fight the corporate interests taking over our politics and making our lives harder might be worth it.
This article provides a good, up-to-date listing of the spineless loyalists and second-rate sycophants that Trump is now racing to pack his cabinet with.
•• Trump’s Second Act: The Circus Doubles Down on Clowns ••
Grievance, Incompetence, and the Inevitable Collapse of a One-Man Movement
https://open.substack.com/pub/patricemersault/p/trumps-second-act-the-circus-doubles?r=4d7sow&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I'm mostly mad that it's fascism wrapping itself up in "economic concerns" vs the Democrats being wrong to mire themselves in "identity politics."
My husband brought up that "identity politics" term, and when I asked what he meant by that, he mentioned pronouns and LGBT stuff. So I asked (in a not-irritated tone, yay me) what Democrats were supposed to do when the far right wing is being so hateful and enacting restrictive policies. He kinda turned it into a "Democrats should do the same to [random far-right stereotypes]" joke. Which didn't really answer my question, but is maybe a good sign that he'll think about the practical side of the right's using "identity politics" as a weapon.
Also worth noting like MTG is threatening to fight Sarah McBride if Sarah tries to use the women's restroom at the Capitol. Like girl, chill. Why can't MTG just go to work with someone she disagrees with like the rest of us do all the time??
I also think you bring up a good point which is that like...economic concerns and identity politics are a false dichotomy. So much of how we experience the economy is wrapped up in our identity and experience. It's maybe not the best argument for like speeches or whatever, but reminding people that the more time we spend fighting each other the less time we have to fight the corporate interests taking over our politics and making our lives harder might be worth it.
oh shoot. Now I'm thinking about how climate change and the economy are another false dichotomy. grrrr
As always, Thank you Sara