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8. Exactly. People don't see the mechanisms behind things
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 12:31 PM
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The right wing has the machinery everywhere. A organized billionaires donor corruption and kickback network. A compliant media. Effective enforcement by threat of primary. Effective enforcement by threat of scandal. Effective enforcement by threat of violence. Stochastic terror and war-live police tactics to silence opposition. Control of all three branches. Emerging control of the bureaucracy, control on enough states to extend fascism through state law and to preserve federal control.

We have *nothing* remotely close to this on our side. A lot of increasingly angry, frustrated, and motivated people, sure, but no infrastructure to effect change.

They've been planning and funding this for half a century at least. We have a lot of catching up to do.

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