Long-term a major theme of the Trump Era will prove to have been that he goaded the left into fully revealing they had...
Long-term a major theme of the Trump Era will prove to have been that he goaded the left into fully revealing they had intentions incompatible with the current system before they had the necessary strength to replace the current system
are we talking about The Left that has been calling for revolution for over a century or The Left that is the DNC or what?
Oh, def. the first. A major way this’ll shake out is Democratic machines at the city level will be the ones that have to align against the left first (you’re seeing it already here in Portland)
2 things I’m reminded of from late ‘90s/early '00s Dem blog discourse, the figure of the “concern troll” who wanted what you did but was timid to aggravate the right too much lest…?, and the charge of establishment Dems compulsively “hippie-punching”, making sure to distance themselves from the left
Of course I associated “hippies” with drug sybaratism and “peace” in a “chill out, man” sense but of course I did, that was after The System had processed them down to a System-compatible flavor.
In fact, what happens if you don’t suppress the left enough and the right loses patience? ::guestures around:: This! Concerned?