Thread by @JoshuaCypess

1/ I say this often: power is people. It's the root of 'social constructionism' it's the validity of voting & the virtue of democracy

Power is people.

I bring this up because I hear the despair in Leftists' voices that the Democrats will let them down even if they win

2/ Biden will win because of demography. The number of non-white supremacists has risen to the point of gaining cultural force. Because power is people.

Until now, all power was held by structures set up to maintain a white male Christian hegemony.

3/ In 1992 the GOP, being the identity party of white grievance, saw white male Christian hegemony start to shake. Clinton was a poor white un-moneyed hillbilly ex-hippie but his wife was everything they feared about the 60s: female power. Female SCOTUS judge, female AG etc

4/ Black power followed as well, but Gingrich declared the start of the 3rd Civil War and made the House a tool of fascism, all in the name of enshrining minority rule. Our demography allowed him to do this without backlash.

https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1322185593670062082?s=20

5/ Youngins won't get how hard Clinton had to fight to get anything done with a virulent pro-white supremacy, pro-cruelty Congress

While I agree Bill was pliant in accepting GOP cruel policies (Crime Bill, ending welfare) I believe it came down to demography. Power is people.

6/ The more the white male Christian hegemony slipped, the more they fought to enshrine permanent minority rule. They kept getting away with it because of demography; there wasn't enough of us to topple their prison walls.

And when Obama was elected? Holy cow. They freaked

7/ I do believe the full hot war started after the GOP lost in '12 because that was utter proof that Obama was the face of the US future. He won Florida & Ohio twice, y'all

The GOP didn't change their plan because doing so meant losing their cherished identity (of minority hate)

8/ Power is people, though. It was bad enough in 2016 that the GOP knowingly conspired with Russia to declare war on the US: to topple the Black president's legacy, to prevent a woman from being powerful.

9/ The GOP saw their tactics work (2010! Gah!) & that enough people would help them obstruct and destroy a working government. How many 'liberals' and 'leftists' joined in attacking the Democrats for not doing enough while at the same time voting against them in 2000 & 2016

10/ The demographic razor's edge pushed the GOP over the finish line in '16 - w/a lot of help from Vlad, but even more from abusers on high in the media & business - to destroy a woman even more than they ever did to a Black man.

But in 2020 the demography is too much to ignore

11/ I believe that huge numbers in this election - even suppressed, even when votes are thrown away - will show the Democrats that they have the power. 1932 power. Because people are power.

That's why every vote counts. 'Run up the score' because all the cowards will see it too.

12/ Oligarchs, thieves of minority rule, are scared of demography (because, again, power is people). Money doesn't mean anything without people believing it. Business falls without people.

Our numbers will make them cower. Bill "Pennywise" Barr knows how powerful we are

13/ I'm GenX. I've been in favor of almost everything the far Left thinks the Dems are against. We just haven't had the numbers of people to get it done in our democracy

In fact, what has worried me the most about the far left is their commitment to minority rule in their favor

14/ Minority rule, even a benevolent one motivated by 'compassion', is unjust. Because not only is power from the people, moral value is from the people.

When the Dems win, please join me in imploring them to recognize the majority supports them.

15/ They need to #RewardOurVotes, reward 👏our 👏🏾votes👏🏽

Because mitzvah-gorreret-mitzvah, a good need leads to more good deeds, the reward of a virtue is more virtue

The GOP successfully hamstrung government b/c they hate people, even their own {see:

https://twitter.com/JulieNBCNews/status/1323140942623313920

)

16/ We get government working again, people will know their vote matters. It will be glorious.

And because the white male Christian group will be disempowered, we don't need to turn our country into a de-facto police state against Black people

https://twitter.com/JoshuaCypess/status/1305959446456266757?s=20

17/ We don't have decent health care, wages, social services, public transportation b/c so many white supremacists controlled the power structures - supported whole heartedly by the RedHats of our history - who were happy to hurt themselves as long as their enemy was hurt too.

18/ We can end that tomorrow. Please vote Blue everyone. Our broken history from 1619 to now can begin an open path to repair. A history of slavery, genocide, cruelty - all in the name of greed & deluded supremacy

We can have a Black woman as #2 in the nation! A newer deal.

19/ @threadreaderapp please unroll.

@threader_app please compile.