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‘People want change’: Democrats flip their script for Trump’s second term (www.semafor.com)

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With the progressive “resistance” quiet ahead of Donald Trump’s second term, congressional Democrats are making their own shift: They’re turning away from past portrayals of Trump as a human wrecking ball and toward more potential collaboration.

After ignoring a Republican crackdown on undocumented immigration for months last year, Senate Democrats holstered their filibuster power on Thursday and prepared to work on the bill — which Trump could end up signing into law thanks to their support. Democrats are currently debating whether to also advance a GOP plan to debate sanctions on the International Criminal Court for targeting Israeli leaders with arrest warrants.

On top of that, several Democrats met this week with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm looking at this (global) development of fascism rising to power and the centrist establishment treating it as business as usual, and I'm fucking scared.
We're playing out exactly the playbook that lead to the nazi regime, but this time around there are no good guys left to save the day.

Where the fuck could persecuted people flee today?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The southern hemisphere maybe? So far Brasil has stood up to both Twitter (where they "won") and now Meta. New Zealand seems to be at least semi-decent for now. Australia is unfortunately a bit more of a US puppet since the US coux in the 60s, but has potential at least (although with Trump's proposed 20% tariff on China, and Australia's potential as a "middle-man" to avoid a bunch of US tariffs on China, that will be an interesting thing to watch).

I'll admit I don't know a ton about the rest of South America or Southern Africa, but based on things like the LGBTQ rights by country map on wikipedia the Southern hemisphere looks more progressive than the Northern, especially when you factor in the US and Europe's recent shifts to the right.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Chile is another well-functioning and developed country with a long democratic tradition.
(apart from that one time when the US staged a military coup and installed a murderous fascist regime that abolished democracy and terrorized millions, because the Chileans had dared to vote in a president who aimed to combine a socialist economy with a liberal society, in a free election.)

Quote by Kissinger, national security advisor under Nixon at the time:

"I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people.
These issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves."