Dems Double Down on Fundraising From SpaceX and Palantir Lobbyists

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8. You're Dead On Point!

From the article:

First, there is the threat of Trump himself, a man who aims to attain dictatorial powers and to overturn American democracy. Because Trump is a sociopath bent on retribution against a host of perceived enemies arguably broad enough to encompass the entire American population, he himself is a danger to the republic.

Second, Trump has been propelled to office in part due to the allegiance of a far-reaching reactionary movement that seeks to restore traditional hierarchies of power (racial, sexual, religious), and that views him as an ally. Including white nationalists and conservative Christians, this movement’s goals go beyond the political, into a desire for a vast reshaping of a modern society that has imperfectly tended towards greater equality and freedom for most. This movement has achieved tremendous political influence both through its alliance with Donald Trump, and through Trump’s thorough takeover of the Republican Party.

And third, we’re experiencing an uprising of the wealthy against ordinary Americans, embodied most concretely in Elon Musk’s self-serving rampage through the federal government. We could say that these forces seek to accelerate the inequalities of American society by funneling ever more money (and power) to those who are already hideously wealthy, and to further reduce the power of American workers.

Much more could be said about these interrelated threats to American democracy and freedom, but this brief sketch helps us understand a few basic points. First, that we are experiencing not only a crisis of democracy, but of our free society and of an economy that serves the great majority of Americans. And more than this — we are not simply experiencing a crisis, but a crisis perpetuated by malevolent actors whom we can identify and by discredited ideas that we can refute. It is not only a political crisis, but a moral crisis, and an economic crisis. Unless we reckon with its multi-faceted nature, attempts to reckon with it are akin to fighting with one arm tied behind our backs.