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wealth and power are absolutely terrified because they know the broader path out of authoritarianism involves genuine progressive populist reform, not reheated corporatist centrism

JW Mason@jwmason.bsky.social

I admit I don't fully understand why the establishment is so freaked out by the prospect of a Zohran victory.

Karl Bode

@karlbode.com

a period of some meaningful good faith progressive populist reform is the only viable path out of fascism, and the dem gerontocracy knows this. The old coots would rather support a serial sexual harasser than risk a fractional erosion of their own wealth and power.

20/6/25, 2:21 pm15 reposts100 likes

Karl Bode

@karlbode.com

20 June 2025

we will not make our way out of authoritarianism without a massive rebuild of the democratic party and the pressure needs to be utterly relentless or we are genuinely lost