The problem is American. But it goes deeper than mere ignorance. So Europeans must not make the dangerous mistake of thinking that the solution will also be American. That’s probably not going to happen in time.

And the 77.3 million for Trump represents 49.8% of voters. That’s way too many. But not a majority.

Author writes that “to diagnose a malady is to identify a cure.” Article then diagnoses a non-fascist home-grown malady but mentions no cure. I like puzzles but for this one I need a hint as to the cure. Little help please?

That’s not his position and you are not interested in an accurate a good faith conversation so I’m done here.

Again misquoting me so you can argue against a straw man. Maybe stop and ask yourself why you are unable to respond to what I am actually writing?

I agree! But I didn’t write “resist nothing!” I just think there should be a cogent strategy and message beyond “resist everything.” Schumer has concerns that seem valid to me. I think it’s unwise to dismiss them out of hand.

(1) I did not say “this obviously won’t work.” I said it’s not obvious that it will. These are very different statements. (2) There are many ways to resist Trump, and some have potential pitfalls/political costs, which we should consider. (3) I’m on your side so don’t be such an ass.

Science is undertaken for pleasure of discovery, for profit, to gain advantage over an adversary…these are all values. It’s not that science is value-free. It’s just that you can’t know a person’s or entity’s values from the mere fact that they pursue science. It’s indeterminate.

Democrats are ineffective. But that doesn’t mean we can just change anything or everything and suddenly we’ll be effective. Republicans got away with shutdowns — doesn’t mean Dems will. Different coalition and voters. Different (worse) messaging machine.

Maybe part but not the most important part. Schumer might be making a mistake here. But it’s not an obvious mistake as some are portraying it.

The Republicans didn’t get where they are because of shutdowns. They got here through shameless but effective propaganda.

I actually think (1) is a very good reason, considering the immense political ignorance of the average American and the American media’s obsession with both-sides-ing everything.

I support Ukraine. But wearing the colors of a foreign flag is a bad idea for an opposition party. It will feed the Republican narrative that Democrats care more about other countries than about the USA. I think we need to explain how Trump’s actions are bad for Americans and offer an alternative.

Unfortunately, security cannot be guaranteed. Especially not by a foreign power whose citizens enjoy consuming enemy propaganda.

It’s a very large minority and it’s the minority that Republican Congressmen/women are incentivized to respond to. The minority rules the majority here.

Republican voters are all watching Fox, OAN or similar garbage.

They got where they are not by planning ahead but instead by trying everything and then going with whatever seemed to get traction.

Conservatism has always been about defending an established hierarchy (of sex, race, religion etc) from egalitarian social movement. For a few decades this fact was obfuscated and even somewhat derailed by the language of economic freedom. That’s gone now. Conservatism is going back to its roots.

The best thing Europeans and Americans can all do for the cause of freedom is refuse to acquiesce to Trump’s idiotic, non-strategic, antidemocratic and (often) illegal acts.