by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I have yet again had an opportunity to have an impromptu focus group with my conservative relatives. And I’m very, very alarmed for the state of our American birthright, our democracy. The key element is the my Traditionalist conservatives, who would otherwise be the cornerstone, the bedrock of a stable liberal democracy are now primed and ready to be the same for fascist MAGA autocracy.
Here’s why — Traditionalist conservatives simply can not, will not unite with the center-Left to protect our democracy. And because of that, rather than even having an opinion when it’s factually proven that MAGA is in the wrong, they just throw up their hands and say, “both sides.”
By “bothsidesing” things, they are actually complicit in collapse of our democracy. When they tune out from political debate because they don’t want to agree with the center-Left, the fucking autocratic fascist MAGA cocksuckers win.
In short, Traditionalists who “bothsides” things are one step away from being “Good Germans,” or, in this case, “Good Americans.” And they will sit on their hands when ICE is weaponized and there’s a Constitutional Convention that will pass the modern MAGA version of the Nazi Enabling Acts.
And, of course, the issue is that they will be Good Americans until it gets personal. So, for my Traditionalist conservative relatives, the rise of autocracy is an abstract convenience. They won’t have to worry about being “canceled” by the “woke cancel culture mob,” but for ME, the end of American democracy is very concrete in the sense that I’m inevitably going to cross the autocrat because of my drunk big mouth.
Anyway, they key is — be prepared for the United States to transition into autocracy. The other two options — civil war or military junta — aren’t that great either. It will be interesting to see which of the three options we endup doing.
