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The administration realizes that they need some goodwill to get power. They can’t simply say “no more elections” and start executing political enemies. While t
by kenjackson 8mo ago
The administration realizes that they need some goodwill to get power. They can’t simply say “no more elections” and start executing political enemies. While that maybe what they want to do, they realize that this would actually hamper their goal of accumulating power.
- andsoitis 8mo ago> The administration realizes that they need some goodwill to get power. You mean, they know they need to be voted in! I.e. elections.
- kenjackson 8mo agoNo. They know they currently don’t have enough power to end elections. But they are working on it and started this as a desire.
- hackyhacky 8mo ago> You mean, they know they need to be voted in! I.e. elections. They know that they don't need to legitimately win elections to stay in power. All they need to do is keep the support of their base sufficiently to prevent any investigation into their election manipulation. They've already lost the good will of the majority, so they have to find a way to win with a minority. That means placating their wealthy supporters with giveaways, i.e. the recent NLRB decision that conveniently solves Elon Musk's union problem. [1] That means helping pliant local officials stay in power, by gerrymandering among other methods. That means maintaining the support of ICE, who have proven themselves able to use violence against critics of the administration. [1] https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/nlrb-dismisses-spacex-case-over-fired-engineers-signals-no-future-enforcement-action-report https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/nlrb-dismisses-spacex-c...