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It’s highly unlikely that a moderate big-tent party with thin margins that has no firm grasp of politics is going to resist the democratic backsliding implicit with the rise of an authoritarian cult grounded in self-contradictory lies with self-righteousness as its only religion. @TinResistAgain/1462844809199116306Permalink On twitter.com
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The two things Dems are most likely to do lead to further systemic decline: Indulge to some extent the demented fantasies that pass for policy prefs. amongst war-weary and agitprop-laden “swing voters.” Hope that policy moves and getting out the vote stems the neo-Nazi tide.On twitter.com
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What should they do instead, smart guy? To be clear, I’m not sure anything can be done. 48 Dem Senators and a razor-thin majority in the House was not a recipe for national resurgence after barely kicking a dangerous and insane media cult figure out of office.Permalink On twitter.com
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TLDR:About 25% of the country is dangerously demented, akin to an American Taliban or Hamas (with a political wing and a violent wing), and while civil war is a silly fantasy, they are located just well enough to have the juice to take the country down on all our heads over time.Permalink On twitter.com