I take a small bit of comfort in knowing, years from now, history will look back on the likes of Schumer and Jeffries as the most pathetic, cowardly human beings we may have ever seen in Congress. Utter fucking embarrassments to the offices they hold, and the people they’re supposed to represent. BUT WON’T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF DECORUM??
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years from now, history will look back on the likes of Schumer and Jeffries as the most pathetic, cowardly human beings we may have ever seen in Congress
I mean, I'd like to believe that. But does anyone look back at Tip O'Neal or Tom Daschle this way? Does anyone remember these guys at all? Even someone as relatively recent and memorable as Ted Kennedy or historic as Goldwater get drowned out in the deluge of the modern moment.
I don't think anyone is going to be talking about Schumer or Jeffries or McConnell or Johnson in something more than a footnote. Maybe Gingrich will get a nod, if only for the degree to which he self-branded and then flopped on his face - a sort of modern day Henry Clay in that regard. But Trump kinda sucks all the oxygen out of the room. It's like asking who the House Speaker was during the Nixon administration.
They aren’t cowards. They are bravely standing against the public in support of their constituents— billionaire donors.
They're going to be seen as why fascism was able to take hold. It's not clear that this is unique to American fascism and the path the US has taken to get here to get here, but history is going to look back at at least this frog march right, and be utterly guffawed at how absolutely preventable it all was.
I haven't read enough about Italian or Spanish fascism, but I have at leased glazed enough in German fascism to recognize that if then equivalent of "moderate Democrats" (the Schumer's and Jefferies of their times) are part of the function of why it seems so difficult to pull out of the death spiral towards full blown authoratian fascism the US seems locked into. Maybe one of our more well read ead community members like @PugJesus@piefed.social can weigh in.
I suppose the historical question to ask is "once a country starts those first few steps into Fascism, what role do opposition parties play in either enabling or frustrating a movement towards fascism.?"
Surely there must be some comparative scholarly analysis on this.
I look forward to the days when proper decorum is restored and we don't have catcalling and jeering.
But my country is different, and we do not allow that kind of boorishness.