Fri, 23 May 2025 12:35:46 GMT

What can we do to oppose the Trump coup? What we can do during his term is limited by the fact that there is no opponent with power to leverage. First, we need a real opponent - Dems are opposed to the left, not to the right or to the oligarchs though they pretend to be.

Second, that opponent needs to be in a position of power.

Third, the opponent needs to wield that power when they have it. This third leg will fall into place when the first two arise - a real opponent in a position of power will wield that power.

And wielding that power in service of ordinary people is the only solution. This will prevent another faux populist from seizing power by playing to the wants and needs of the population. Satisfy those wants and needs and you take away the ploy that Trump used to gain power.

I'm not saying, of course, that we do nothing during Trump's final term. We should absolutely do everything possible to limit the damage, however limited our ability to do so is.

But also, and more importantly, we need to be building a future solution - a movement and a party that will really work for ordinary people. The Democratic Party is never going to be that solution.

In other words, we need to finally bring (small d) democracy to the USA and realize our aspirations for a government of, for, and by the people. Until we do that, the sycophants of the oligarchs will always be driving us off a cliff.

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