MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoDonald Trump suggests US could join British Commonwealthwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down16
arrow-up1111arrow-down1external-linkDonald Trump suggests US could join British Commonwealthwww.newsweek.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareWeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoCorrect me if I’m wrong, but haven’t we just experienced the results of enemies within? Trump, Vance, and Musk are all American citizens.
minus-squarepathos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoYes. And yet, they used the same concept to justify their grasp for power. The important part to understand is the paranoid style of the appeal. It’s not an appeal to unity. It’s one to vigilance.
minus-squareWeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoMaybe we should appeal to engagement and voting along with vigilance so that the enemies from within don’t find a malleable minority to exploit for victory.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but haven’t we just experienced the results of enemies within? Trump, Vance, and Musk are all American citizens.
Yes. And yet, they used the same concept to justify their grasp for power.
The important part to understand is the paranoid style of the appeal. It’s not an appeal to unity. It’s one to vigilance.
Maybe we should appeal to engagement and voting along with vigilance so that the enemies from within don’t find a malleable minority to exploit for victory.