People who are surprised that the GOP is siding with an autocratic dictator over Western democracy miss an important part of American history:
Autocracy is deep in our history.
A multi-racial democracy didn't come to America until recently.
Slavery was autocratic. . .
Autocracy is deep in our history.
A multi-racial democracy didn't come to America until recently.
Slavery was autocratic. . .
. . . Jim Crow was autocratic.
The GOP's pushback against America transitioning to a true multi-racial democracy goes hand-in-hand with supporting a dictator like Putin.
It's perfectly consistent.
The GOP's pushback against America transitioning to a true multi-racial democracy goes hand-in-hand with supporting a dictator like Putin.
It's perfectly consistent.
Putin stages elections in which the result is known beforehand.
Members of the GOP were cool with fair elections when the choice was between two white men.
Now . . . not so much.
Members of the GOP were cool with fair elections when the choice was between two white men.
Now . . . not so much.
There's a theory on Twitter that goes like this: All was good until the GOP turned into a lawbreaking party.
Me =🤦♀️
(I can't fit the rebuttal to that in a Tweet, but I've written lots of threads countering that view with a history of our laws.)
Me =🤦♀️
(I can't fit the rebuttal to that in a Tweet, but I've written lots of threads countering that view with a history of our laws.)
https://twitter.com/weedoggos/status/1496517475399258119
Russia transitioned from communism to oligarchy.
Instead of the government owning all the resources and industries, they're owned by a few wealthy men.
The GOP hates communism but loves oligarchy.
Oligarchy is also part of our history. . .
Instead of the government owning all the resources and industries, they're owned by a few wealthy men.
The GOP hates communism but loves oligarchy.
Oligarchy is also part of our history. . .
https://twitter.com/randalldrew/status/1496520620141846528
In these books and elsewhere, @HC_Richardson explains that we've had two oligarchies and we're slipping toward a third.
The first was slavery when wealthy plantation owners—who were 1% of the population—controlled all three branches of government.
The first was slavery when wealthy plantation owners—who were 1% of the population—controlled all three branches of government.
Next came the age of robber barons when industrialists had the power to exploit workers, manipulate markets, fix prices, grab women, and kill Black people who tried to vote.
That's the oligarchy the GOP wants to recreate.
That's what they mean by Make America great "again."
That's the oligarchy the GOP wants to recreate.
That's what they mean by Make America great "again."
It is not a coincidence that Trump picked Paul Manafort to be his campaign chief.
Manafort worked for an anti-NATO party in Ukraine and supported a Russian puppet president who fled Ukraine amid charges of corruption and collusion with Russia.
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/w…
Manafort worked for an anti-NATO party in Ukraine and supported a Russian puppet president who fled Ukraine amid charges of corruption and collusion with Russia.
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/w…
Dropping this here, because I agree.
This is what the Republican Party supports.
They think Putin is "strong" and Biden is "weak."
Putin is pure, unmitigated evil. He doesn't care who gets hurt.
You know what?
Either do the Republicans.
This is what the Republican Party supports.
They think Putin is "strong" and Biden is "weak."
Putin is pure, unmitigated evil. He doesn't care who gets hurt.
You know what?
Either do the Republicans.
https://mobile.twitter.com/IvoHDaalder/status/1496641312912719874
And here you have the leader of the Republican Party praising Putin as "smart" because Putin gets a whole country and he only has to pay $2 in sanctions.
More unmitigated evil.
(h/t @TonyMoonbeam)
More unmitigated evil.
(h/t @TonyMoonbeam)
https://twitter.com/dabbs346/status/1496647138738159624
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