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I've started referring to the political climate in the US as a cold civil war.
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@mawr Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Indivisible show one possible (and likely!) non-violent way out of this crisis of democracy. The reach of the propaganda engines and corruption dividing the nation are very brittle, and campaigns on the ground are demonstrating it.
This isn’t ignoring that things will get a lot darker in the meantime (they will). But the number of electoral upsets give me much more hope than the current hellscape on birdsite.
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@mawr That said, I am expecting this administration to deploy increasingly violent suppression between now and November, given they’re already laying the groundwork to do so. Between this and actual nazis at DHS, it’s worth having a plan of action to get as many people safely to the polls as possible.
(And since we do vote-by-mail here in WA, I’m happy to donate to pay postage for anyone that needs it, too.)
