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Re: A Plague of Terrorists

Posted by Bromios on 2026-February-24 18:48:06, Tuesday
In reply to Re: A Plague of Terrorists posted by diogenes on 2026-February-23 21:11:53, Monday

It's not worth pursuing because you don't have any interest in the main point I was making: the underlying reasons for why we are in this mess. For all I know, you might be 100% right on the policy details and the likely fall out. Doesn't change what I said one jot.

Notice how Trump has lost popularity recently despite ramping up the performative harsh deportations? He's losing ground cos his tariff policy isn't delivering improvements on the ground, in people's day-to-day lives. We're all capable of being emotionally manipulated and charging off in unwise directions. But a fairly canny calculation of what's good for one's family and local community is always present. Which should cause you to ask why the Left has become so hated over the decades, such that the people who are supposed to be their natural constituency (ha!) will gleefully vote for the current Rightists, taking political risks and embracing instability in a way opposite to their usual inclinations.

A lurch into fascism would be the worst of all possible outcomes. For structural reasons, right now, populist Right wing totalitarianism would be worse than the Left's preferred creeping, grim, grey strangulation. But if we've reached the position where those are the only two choices, complete withdrawal from the arena seems a sensible option. Off with this thread!

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