American democrats need a Hungarian-style landslide to overwhelm Trump’s attempts to rig November’s midterm elections, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
Why does anyone think there are still chances left?
edit: to clarify, I mean there are no more chances to “halt the erosion of US democracy”–it done eroded already. We’re starting over now. The only thing we don’t know yet is whether the coming elections will be free and fair. If they are, we can start rebuilding with a new movement to replace the old failed parties. If not, other steps will wind up being taken, one way or another.
Honestly this reply is a solid way to put it, there’s a lot that can’t be said until it’s time to talk about it. It does come down to November and if we have elections that are fair it should be a sweep. We’re seeing already in smaller red districts huge flips, so if its anything but a totally blow out something was going on. My guess is Dems stopped saying what they’re going to do so a plan can’t be made against it, everyone just locked in held their ground and shut up. Couple more months, america in the balance, somethings gonna happen either way. The most important midterms I’ve ever seen personally.
Why does anyone think there are still chances left?
edit: to clarify, I mean there are no more chances to “halt the erosion of US democracy”–it done eroded already. We’re starting over now. The only thing we don’t know yet is whether the coming elections will be free and fair. If they are, we can start rebuilding with a new movement to replace the old failed parties. If not, other steps will wind up being taken, one way or another.
Um, i suppose hell coukd freeze over.
Edit: adding this link to post about Elon spending $120M in election bribes https://lemmy.world/post/50280608
Honestly this reply is a solid way to put it, there’s a lot that can’t be said until it’s time to talk about it. It does come down to November and if we have elections that are fair it should be a sweep. We’re seeing already in smaller red districts huge flips, so if its anything but a totally blow out something was going on. My guess is Dems stopped saying what they’re going to do so a plan can’t be made against it, everyone just locked in held their ground and shut up. Couple more months, america in the balance, somethings gonna happen either way. The most important midterms I’ve ever seen personally.