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the neolibs scapgoat for a reason. they know that bidens fundamental betrayal of humanity sucked the soul out of left support for the dems. they literally beat the palestinians to death and then, with bloody hands, blamed those who turned away in disgust from the atrocity.
my family got off our asses and voted against fascism (that means voting for a deeply flawed harris) because we knew it would get much worse for everyone, not just already brutalized peoples - but I cannot stand here and judge anyone who could not stomach sanctioning more dem brutality under a deeply broken political system.
the effect of dem war barbarism may have been small but, combined with every other dem betrayal, it very well could have been the difference for a fascist win. the neolibs scapegoat to deflect their failures as human beings and their decades long capitulation to the intolerable.
having said that, I have seen more life in the traditional conservative republican of late ( @underwater@sh.itjust.works is an example) - even a momentary recognition of ideological failure on their part and a willingness to align with more progressive ideas. I have massive differences with so many conservative viewpoints, but they are not maga, have been thoughtful in their approach and, right now, I will take any productive and functional alliance I can get. if the unlikely aftermath of trump is a coalition of people willing to truly reform the barbaric, pseudo democratic american institution, then so be it. I am deeply sceptical that we will have the chance to get there.
sorry for the wall-o-text.
Just for the record, all those sorts of folks are actually classical liberals who are confused about labels/have fallen for the conservatives' whitewashing of their ideology. Conservatism has always been about hierarchy and autocracy, which makes Trump the truest conservative the US has ever seen.