...because agitprop also thinks bush may try to nullify the 22nd amendment in the name of national security. i'm sure, like me, he's joking, but let me reveal a little something about myself, since you're actually not reading this, i'm taking this a little bit seriously. i'm trying hard not to be a conspiracy nut, but has any one person done more to make conspiracy theories hip again than president trip and fall? he makes war on false pretenses; he authorizes torture; he spies on americans. i don't think i could have made this stuff up five years ago, i'd have laughed at myself and called me a cynical extremist nut.
It has been somewhat difficult to place the opposition to Trump in a context where it all makes sense. The simplest explanation behind the difficulty is that there is no sense behind it. This is not to suggest that there is no sense in opposing Trump, although there is an argument to be made. There are no rational goals behind the opposition. His platform is more popular than he is. This opposition is not a response to what he is doing meant to generate support for Democrats. It is sound and fury, which may come to signify far more than is wished. Instead of considering the opposition to DOGE, his sex recognition, DEI, and deportation Executive Orders as separate, it is better to see it all as a continuous spectrum. The most consistent element is that the opposition, lacking any principle, reacts to everything as if it is the one thing that will finally bring Trump down. In so doing, they select positions that are overwhelmingly unpopular. Being met with apathy seems to only ...
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