If we want a future that is not run (/run into the ground) by literal Nazis, we will have to fight for it. There is no "back to brunch."
If we want to defeat authoritarianism, we will need to do a lot better than condemning its most heinous visible acts.
We have to confront the underlying crisis of runaway inequality that has created conditions where authoritarian demagogues and movements flourish.
We have to confront the underlying crisis of runaway inequality that has created conditions where authoritarian demagogues and movements flourish.
If the Biden Administration and Democrats in Congress fail to deliver big for working class people (urban and rural, young and old, of every race), then the next consolidation of authoritarian power will likely be far worse than the one we have just endured.
We cannot afford to sit back and wait for Dems to get their shit together. We have to organize the popular pressure — through grassroots organizing and campaigns — to make them do it. It's the only way we'll start turning this ship around.
A decade from now we're very likely to look back on January 6, 2021 and think one of two things:
Option 1: "Holy shit, that was crazy!"
Option 2: "How did we not see what would happen next?"
So much depends on us.
Option 1: "Holy shit, that was crazy!"
Option 2: "How did we not see what would happen next?"
So much depends on us.
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