The thing is, so many Republicans literally do believe that the concept of democracy is dead. I know a few like this myself. They are completely on board with fascism, though they don't call it by that name.
What were witnessing is the last, dying throes of the old White Guard.
What were witnessing is the last, dying throes of the old White Guard.
"Make America Great Again" was always code for "let's go back to the old days when a handful of rich white men ran everything and made life easier for the rest of us white men."
All MAGA ever really wanted was a return to white supremacy.
All MAGA ever really wanted was a return to white supremacy.
MAGA was a sad but predictable racist backlash against the first Black president. It's no coincidence that Trump, the standard-bearer for Birtherism, became the head of the GOP. These seeds were planted in the Southern Strategy and now they've produced their dark, putrid fruit.
Democracy was fine with racists while they were still in the majority. But every MAGA knows that democracy coupled with the demographic changes in America mean the end of white supremacy.
They hated Obama because he was proof that the end of that long era had finally arrived.
They hated Obama because he was proof that the end of that long era had finally arrived.
And so now in America it's "nut-cuttin' time" as we say in Texas - the moment of decision, of clarity; the point of no return.
Where Obama was a symbol of the future, Biden/Harris (and their multicultural, inclusive team) represents the future that MAGA has fought since 2008.
Where Obama was a symbol of the future, Biden/Harris (and their multicultural, inclusive team) represents the future that MAGA has fought since 2008.
MAGAs know that - as long as there are free and fair elections - the future looks like Biden/Harris.
Forever.
And so - nut-cuttin' time - that moment where MAGA has to choose between democracy, and white supremacy.
17 states and 126 Representatives sent a clear message today.
Forever.
And so - nut-cuttin' time - that moment where MAGA has to choose between democracy, and white supremacy.
17 states and 126 Representatives sent a clear message today.
These states and these Representatives have decided that, in the end, faced with a choice between democracy and white supremacy...
... democracy is gonna have to go.
... democracy is gonna have to go.
*s/b "racists were fine with democracy"
Exactly as predicted. Supreme Court ruling isn't seen as a defeat, but actually a victory, since it just proves that the Deep State Conspiracy includes the Supreme Court too, and therefore civil war / secession is justified / required.
https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1337565070461644802?s=19
Again, for these people, "democracy" was only a tool to keep rich white men in power.
Now that it's clear that the tool no longer serves its purpose, they're discarding it like a broken pair of pliers.
Now that it's clear that the tool no longer serves its purpose, they're discarding it like a broken pair of pliers.
For MAGA, democracy was never an ideal in itself, but just a means to an end.
Now they're ready to try... Less conventional means.
Now they're ready to try... Less conventional means.
You have to see it from their point of view.
"The plan" is the destruction of the liberal state.
That was always the plan. Donald told us that himself, in his own words:
"The plan" is the destruction of the liberal state.
That was always the plan. Donald told us that himself, in his own words:
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