• ToastedRavioli@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Genuinely, don’t bank on them losing. We can’t afford to underestimate the mass appeal of strongman rhetoric. It’s completely fucked. But this exact approach has worked as a precursor to a lot of authoritarian regimes.

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      1 year ago

      I can’t believe how many people I’m seeing who automatically assume that it’s going to be an auto-lose for the right in the upcoming election. Do they not remember how everyone had this exact sentiment in 2015? We can’t let ourselves fall any further by losing again to someone we thought couldn’t win.