Dahlia Lithwick writes of “years of doomerism and nihilism…foisted on the country by a determined and omnipresent sense that MAGA was not just inevitable but undefeatable (even in defeat)”
“Experts on authoritarianism have been warning for years that fostering hopelessness, powerlessness, and political depression is a deliberate tactic of most totalitarian leaders”
☝️☝️ THIS ☝️☝️
I keep saying: Despair is surrender. Cynicism is surrender. Nihilism is surrender.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/07/harris-trump-2024-kamala-vibes-trumpism-loses.html