So you have no red line.

In 2028 when Harris is exterminating everyone in the immigration detention camps you’ll vote for her because Republicans are worse.

Individual persons that happen to be Black, sure.

But to characterize this as “Black voters” paints a picture that there’s some kind of large constituency of Black Trump supporters even though that’s clearly not the case. It’s a tiny minority of a minority population.

Harris has done a good job appealing to fiscal conservatives, she might have peeled some business owners away.

Oh I absolutely loved it, don’t get me wrong. I lived through that decade as my own political awakening, so every single event described was something I watched super closely and posted about and participated in as part of the online activist space (and sometimes in person!)

Your observation that the social media companies can leverage and benefit from these protest movements (and perhaps even create them) is important, I think. It’s probably why Musk bought Twitter, he wanted to wield that kind of power over the masses and their ability to organize. It seems to have worked, too. We don’t see anything like what we saw in the 2010s these days.

To quote Mao:

When we discuss the terms ‘front’ and ‘rear’ it must be remembered, that while guerrillas do have bases, their primary field of activity is in the enemy’s rear areas. They themselves have no rear.

The guerilla must move among people as a fish swims in the sea. While you say we only face poor outcomes, I see this as a strategic opportunity. I’m in the enemy’s rear, in the heart of its operations. Right where I need to be.

I read another book along similar lines called If We Burn, which was a broader look at the 2010s protest movements that sprung up from online activism. What I took away from it is that most of that activism was hollow and didn’t have a political vision or party program, it was just the masses shouting “No!” at their shitty governments. It was also easily put down once people in power got used to it.

Down to 9% from 12% 🙄

There was never any real support among Black people.

I’m in the heart of the empire.

I’m right where I need to be.

Empires can not be improved, they can only collapse or be destroyed.

Count your blessings!

Yeah, or steal it.

Oh, well I just think Republicans are going to continue being fascists even when Trump is gone.

I hope you have a gun.

That didn’t happen last time. Instead, everyone tried to become the new Trump and take up the mantle. They failed because the real Trump was still running, but without him they’ll be able to adapt.

Although they’ll struggle to draw in voters the way Trump does. People like Trump because he’s an “outsider”. A new outsider can totally emerge to take up the mantle once Trump is not sucking all the oxygen out of the room.

Or who knows. Maybe once Trump is defeated everything will go back to normal. 👍

How did you read any of that from my comment?

I’m just pointing out that fascism doesn’t go away just because Trump is gone.

Correct.

The US empire is an ongoing environmental and humanitarian disaster.

That’s called multipolarity.

I’m trans in a red state. I am not safe.

I just recognize that the US is a blight and must be destroyed, and that one candidate is more likely to result in the US’s defeat.

That’s more of a silver lining, though.

Can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs!