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Jude Montarsi's avatar

Spot on Thomas! Thank you for your work.

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Sunset & Fire's avatar

You write: "They all share certain characteristics, however: They are staunchly anti-liberal and opposed to democracy. They are obsessed with restoring dominance over the forces of “woke” social justice activism and curtailing the influence of democratizing ideas and practices. They are all embracing increasingly radical forms of authoritarian rule to reach their goals." I agree with this, and the thesis of your piece. I'd like to highlight in context of political violence, dominance, and authoritarian rule, that capturing the Supreme Court has encouraged this fascistic project to promulgate under the guise and cover of the legal system. And that by doing so, SCOTUS also has enabled and encouraged wholescale violence - against women in particular via Dobbs, against LGBTQ+ people by encoding discrimination, against incarcerated people via death penalty rulings, against school children (and all of us) with gun-friendly decisions. While not explicitly "political", the reactionary right-wing justices have seamlessly fitted themselves into the fascistic Trumpian project and dressed it in robes.

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