They will enjoy the ride. That's the whole point. This attitude isn't resistance against fascism, it's resignation. Worse than useless.

Imagine thinking the way to beat these scumbags is to work with them. You fight them, frustrate their agenda, organize people. But of course, NOT doing those things is what lost the election. Democrats stand in the way of victory for decent people, they don't win.

Elected officials are already "in the room". God, Democrats can't stop losing even when they win.

Of course, your average user here will say "then you objectively help Trump", when in fact the Democrats ran a candidate (we now know) that they knew had no chance, and Harris campaign internal polling never had her ahead even once. They objectively elected Trump.

I don't think you get that you do not decide who has and has not become a folk hero. That's one of the pesky things that resist our personal opinion. You may find it a better exercise intellectually to understand why he has become a folk hero for, dare I say, most Americans at this point.

"[The Communards] did not want to start the civil war, as if that mischievous abortion Thiers had not already started the civil war with his attempt to disarm Paris."

—Marx to Kugelmann, April 12, 1871

His Goodreads doesn't determine whether he's a folk hero, it's whether people consider him one. You've mixed up a somewhat sociological fact with your moral judgement. Look around, he's a folk hero.

Lot of liberals casting out in all directions with the worst takes after their rightwing candidate (Harris) failed them. They are engaging in the same dead-end rightwing fantasy structure as the MAGAts. It's everyone else's fault—minorities, whites, queer people, "woke", non-voters, blah blah.