That may be the case. But AOC is on record saying MTG is just acting out of rage due to the fact that Trump personally killed any chance of her becoming a Georgia senator. Apparently that was the straw that broke the camel's back resulting in the current incarnation of MTG.
I don't think your viewpoint is supported by history. It is common for marginalized communities to take on the code words of those who oppress them and turn them into their own. The hate mongers use those words in an attempt to "other" their targets and separate them from society. If society embraces those words, especially the communities that are affected by them, the hatemongers lose power.
If you are waiting on everybody to reach the same conclusions as you, you will die waiting. We all want to live in a perfect world. But perfect is different for each of us. So instead of fighting a losing battle with no real winner, look to how the community affected wants you to act. When we help others we should help them in the ways that they want, not the ways we think they should want.
I read rule five to apply to "how do you subscribe to an instance" or other Lemmy customer support type questions.
That rule doesn't prohibit op's post in my opinion. But I'll certainly stand corrected if a mod tells me otherwise.... If so, that rule should be rewritten.
The "authoritarian crackdowns" are not entirely an American byproduct... It's a product of capitalism. The billionaires aren't moving to Honduras. So long as the global economy is either euro or asiatic-centric (aka where the money/power lives), the global south will continue to be the capitalists' playground.
Steve is scared because he is getting opposition from a more progressive candidate, Justin Pearson. I plan on voting for Justin in the midterms: https://www.votejustinj.com/
As you get older, the present begins to leave less and less of an impression... Making the past more vivid in your mind (ie the good old days). So OP is probably 40+....
MTG deserves no kudos... She's complicit, has a history of promoting hate, and has never impressed me with either her wisdom or intelligence. Fuck off.
I'm sure there have been others. History is written by the victors.... So you aren't going to get an accurate portrayal of someone if they ended up in control of the people writing the history of their ascension.
Republicans didn't use to be all a bunch of shitheads.