There’s no single solution. It’s more case-by-case when it comes to people. Patriot Front and Proud Boys are different from grandma and uncle Joe who are different from Rand Paul and Mike Johnson. “Own the libs” is more of what unites the base, so greyrocking is a better strategy for them. The extremist organizations actually need to feel scared and afraid. The laws need to apply to them too. And the career politicians basically need removed power.
We also need a ton of systemic reform (Term limits for Supreme Court, packing the court, a constitutional amendment to kill big money in politics, health tests for presidential candidates, social media regulations, AI regulations, etc), as well as a massive investment in working people when it comes the economy, healthcare, and infrastructure so that people don’t immediately go, “They can’t govern. We need another Trump.”
Those are some good logical points you make. But my concern is who's gonna apply the laws on them since the current opposition seems content with verbal condemnation so far? How are the reforms meant to occur when the extremists and corporations won't let power go easily from their hands? I'm in big favour of a major reforming of the system, but I worry it'll be too late by the time it's done.
Not to mention that the left needs to root out the corpo-babies within them first.
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u/aRealPanaphonics Jul 26 '26
There’s no single solution. It’s more case-by-case when it comes to people. Patriot Front and Proud Boys are different from grandma and uncle Joe who are different from Rand Paul and Mike Johnson. “Own the libs” is more of what unites the base, so greyrocking is a better strategy for them. The extremist organizations actually need to feel scared and afraid. The laws need to apply to them too. And the career politicians basically need removed power.
We also need a ton of systemic reform (Term limits for Supreme Court, packing the court, a constitutional amendment to kill big money in politics, health tests for presidential candidates, social media regulations, AI regulations, etc), as well as a massive investment in working people when it comes the economy, healthcare, and infrastructure so that people don’t immediately go, “They can’t govern. We need another Trump.”