I think some leftist accelerationists believe that electing Trump will galvanize resistance the way it did 2017-2020. The ways that regular folks joined us, marched, and actually paid attention to things besides soccer practice was legit heartening and often helpful. I’m thinking about popular demonstrations against the migrant camps, organizing Covid relief and mutual aid, and generally saying “fuck this guy and his policies.”

But if Trump returns, none of that shit is going to happen.

  1. Those would-be allies might conclude that all that resistance was for nothing, and give up. Especially if he wins an outright majority.

  2. Trump is pretty open that he intends to use violence against his political opponents, and this time he likely won’t be constrained by any sort of deep state. Especially if he wins an outright majority.

That’s my thinking, but any accelerationists want to tell me where I’m wrong?

  • CommunistCuddlefish [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I just want to quibble with the “accelerationist” thing: I have been arguing that Biden/Harris are worse because they got the libs to go from joining the left to actively supporting fascism, and that at least under Trump we had some of their support.

    That doesn’t mean I expect libs would once again swing left if Trump won. No, once they’ve rationalized fascism under the Dem team I believe they’ll happily accept fascism under the GOP team.

    But furthermore, I think Holocaust Harris is the accelerationist choice, because the Democrats selling Fascism to the Libs has advanced fascism much more quickly than if the Libs had continued putting up some resistance during a 2nd Trump term.

    I am not an accelerationist, by the way.

    Trump is pretty open that he intends to use violence against his political opponents, and this time he likely won’t be constrained by any sort of deep state. Especially if he wins an outright majority.

    Also wtf lmao? That’s nothing new. Democrats already use violence against political opponents. The cops and the national guard violently and brutally put down the George Floyd Uprising under Democrat Tim Walz’s reign.

    Edit: Also no leftists are saying to elect Trump. If we endorse anyone at all it’s a leftist party like the PSL or some other splinter group, or a socdem party like the Green Party

    Edit2: Oh I responded without reading your other comments. Sorry for assuming you were acting in good faith but it sounds like you’re actually just trying to convince people to vote for the Nazis, so fuck off.