Hey nauts —
Once again, I give you the authors of “How Democracies Die” and their latest warning.
No, not the one from earlier this week. 🤓
Read it, cuz free —
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/opinion/trump-republicans-spain-brazil.html
“Better Hitler than Blum”?
Hmmm…
I recall THIS; they don’t mention it. 🤔😏
Back to the piece!
Important (and sobering) caveat — notice that the king had to intervene. Nevertheless, democracy prevailed. 🙄🤔
Zib/Lev continue on, noting that the GQP has already fucked up grossly (presuming they still want democracy, which they don’t) by the following —
1) Didn’t accept Biden won
2) Didn’t all vote to impeach cuz 1/6
3) Only 2 Rs with Ds to form ind. comm.
4) All but Asa and CC say will vote Don
Noting for the record that both Asa and CC are formers and not running in any current election other than prez. Must also say Rs did a similar dance in ‘15/‘16. We’ll see come nom time.
After writing about the failed Jair coup and the Brazil government banning his ass, Lev/Zib sum it up — with the final line a reminder…
Repeating for (obvious) emphasis:
"Republican leaders' acquiescence to Mr. Trump's authoritarianism is neither inevitable not unavoidable. It is a choice."
I'm pretty sure that the Republicans made their choice, bros.
Assuming here that Lev/Zib are trying to politely smack those of "us" with the realization that the GOP is gone, baby...gone.
Time for ALL to wake up.
@InUnfunky Appreciate the attempt. Paywall though.
Hmmmm. Thought I gifted it.
Some nauts have said NYT requires people to set up an account…🤔
Lemme know and I’ll screenshot parts if you want…
You didn't use a
/nosanitize
tag. All the attributes that would make it "free" get stripped off.
@InUnfunky And yet they remain in the US. Siri, define stupidity, please.
@InUnfunky You have to want democracy to get democracy.
EXACTLY. They know what they’re doing.
Like I said yesterday, this is all pointless, performative nonsense. None of these other "candidates" stands the chance of a snowflake in a hot bath.
It's going to be Trump versus Biden next year, pick your fighter.
@InUnfunky Home-run. That nails it.
@InUnfunky
Actually, I'd rather they were too.
@InUnfunky One way tickets, available
@InUnfunky Exhibit A: The People v. Ted Cruz, fundraising on #January6th with blood in the streets.
It makes perfect sense: anything following a "?" (except on sites that are whitelisted, which I believe amount to YouTube and 12ft.io) gets stripped away.
SANITIZED FOR YOUR SAFETY!
STILL missing the
/nosanitize
tag. You need to do something like
/nosanitize
«Full NYT URL goes here»
Yes, on anything that has stuff following a question-make in the URL, unless it's a YouTube or a 12ft.io link. Those sites are the only exceptions to sanitization I know of, and I specifically requested that J add 12ft...
So should I try it on the new (gifted) WaPo Linds piece or no?
Thx for your patience; I'm lucky I know how to turn on my 'puter and acces the internettz.
Sad but true, funny cuz also.
ANY link that has extra information that would make it "free" is going to need to be sanitized.
Links to sites that look like
example.com?some_attribute="mumble"
need to be protected from the sanitizer or the question mark and everything following it gets stripped away when you post.
This is the reason people like J and me exist.
I CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL.
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LOL you lovable jerk 😆
okay here goes...
Ziblatt/Levitsky ref THIS, which will be YET ANOTHER photo for US history —