Considered “alarmist” or, at the very least, highly unlikely by most observers even just a year ago.
America’s descent into authoritarianism has progressed at a much more rapid pace than almost anyone anticipated. We need to adjust our expectations accordingly. It is happening.
America’s descent into authoritarianism has progressed at a much more rapid pace than almost anyone anticipated. We need to adjust our expectations accordingly. It is happening.
https://twitter.com/markjacob16/status/1475473893439725585
We need to grapple honestly with the fact that the Republican Party’s radicalization has outpaced what even most critical observers imagined, and we need to acknowledge that the reactionary counter-mobilization against democracy has actually accelerated in 2021.
https://twitter.com/tzimmer_history/status/1473659077616181257
Every time someone says “Nah, that’s not gonna happen - easy with the alarmism!” remind them of the many things that were deemed “alarmist” over the past few years, only to become reality soon thereafter - starting, of course, with the fact that Donald Trump did become president.
By the way, “How did you not see this coming?!” is not a very productive reaction to people professing that they were shocked by the events of January 6. Even if something is well in line with what should have been clear to see, it can still be shocking when it actually happens.
My mantra has been for quite some time that the Right considers Democratic governance as fundamentally illegitimate, and the Democratic Party as an “Un-American” faction that must not be allowed to rule. That’s the ideology underlying January 6. And yet, I was absolutely shocked.
There were those who raised the alarm in the weeks leading up to the attack, and they deserve lots of credit - we should seek them out and amplify their voices. But let’s not resort to cynicism and smugness: It’s actually good to react with shock and horror to fascism’s rise.
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