Because the republican base likes it. They like what is happening.

If you don’t understand that the average conservative likes the authoritarian daddy figure punishing liberals and believes in white replacement theory, then you don’t understand why things are so bad.

Because both parties have either been pushing narratives to make these actions sound reasonable or capitulating and staying silent as the other party does. This is why politicians who stand in opposition to constituents when they’re propagandized into the wrong position are the only ones with any chance of getting us out of this.

Also in Europe. Practically any other country, they’d already be discussing sanctions. Instead, fucking bilateral trade agreements.

Politicians are loyal to their own establishment, & their-establishment’s entitlement, and NOT to the citizens they pretend they are “representing”.

That is a global fact, of the political system.

It isn’t somehow unique to any particular country, or regime.

Pretending otherwise is disingenuous.

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Probably turns them on if I had to guess.

Where’s their urgency? It’s in managing their equity trading accounts.

Why ? Control. Both sides want it all and don’t care if they need to sacrifice the American people to get it.