illustration from The New Yorker by Ben Wiseman A bunch of red hands point at a bunch of blue hands in unison. But the blue hands point at each other, or don't even bother pointing

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   ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2026 06:31:20 JST ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES

   Part of the reason for the USA's failure is MAGA but the other big aspect is a left that does not engage the real enemy

   Toxic idealism

   Spineless capitulation

   Mindless cynicism

   "Polite society" "high road" cluelessness

   And lazy entitlement

   Not financial entitlement but this obtuse entitled foolishness that we have the time and space to criticize some aspect of the left according to deranged standards of perfection when we're facing literal fascism

   Make MAGA the target of your venom