Oddbean new post about login | logout Journalists: Trump is a fascist. He wants to rule the United States as an unaccountable dictator. Given the Republican Party's broad contempt for civil liberties and the rule of law, this could happen. Your necessary role in political coverage of the upcoming elections is to be activists in defense of democracy. When the hell are you going to wake up and realize that? https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/trump-milley-execution-incitement-violence/675435/
From that article: "American journalists have become golden retrievers watching a tennis-ball launcher. Every time they start to chase one ball, a fresh one immediately explodes into view, prompting a new chase."
From the article: "American journalists have become golden retrievers watching a tennis-ball launcher. Every time they start to chase one ball, a fresh one immediately explodes into view, prompting a new chase."
@f8d9bc1c Well said! Also there are some big problems that are giving public servants a big headache. Namely the environment degradation, quality of water and air. Just make sure that no sane person will vote for him. That Jean Claude Duvalier disciple is getting old.
@f8d9bc1c We did the right thing in the 2020 election that removed Trump from office and put Biden in the Oval Office. But that isn't enough because we also allowed some congress seats to go to MAGA cultists such as Majorie, Loebert, Geatz, etc. So, we must push harder than we did in 2020. Yes, it's an uphill battle, but it is possible as long as we ensure that our votes count by not wasting them by giving them to third parties such as the Tea Party or the Independent.
@f8d9bc1c It's unlikely they will. Most of the major news corporations got rid of their older, more experienced journalists, to replace them with green cadets who cost them less, and don't ask awkward questions about why the editorials are now all toeing the Murdoch party line.
@f8d9bc1c when they won’t be team fascism anymore (their bosses are)
@f8d9bc1c They're not. They've picked a side. "Journalists" as a class have decided that fascists will win, & they fantasize they walk a tightrope to avoid the maelstrom that will swallow the ordinary people. Women have already effectively lost much of their health care, & honestly, at what real consequence to "journalists?" I think we have to be realistic. Very few people who decide to make a living in the public eye are people of courage as opposed to people of high ego needs.
@f8d9bc1c They've shown you who they are. Wake up? They are very awake and doing it all ON PURPOSE.
@f8d9bc1c Down the drain we go as the Republican Party embraces authoritarian right-wing Neo-Nazism pushed by the Russian state. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/131/741/014/790/822/original/b37399456574241f.jpg
