@HeavenlyPossum@kolektiva.social
2026-11-04 15:53 UTC
I’ve seen a number of liberals imagining that this year’s US election results portend a political realignment—a large-scale, long-term, persistent shift in the voting patterns of some large part of the electorate. They seem to be hopeful that massive Democratic electoral victories portend *future* Democratic electoral victories, as in 2028.
And I can’t help but wonder what they thought happened in 2024.
https://bsky.app/profile/volberg.bsky.social/post/3mzhthiyzjk27
In reality, most electoral republics like the US are just ping-ponging between electoral outcomes because no neoliberal party can meaningfully deliver on the revolutionary change needed to respond to the polycrisis.
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@scott@carfree.city 2026-11-04 16:16
@HeavenlyPossum@kolektiva.social Yes. This wave, like the 2020 Biden win, at best presses “pause” on the rise of fascism—not “stop” or “rewind.” I’m also worried that a number of Democrats who embraced transphobia in their campaigns won, raising the prospect of a UK-like situation where both major parties are actively hostile to trans rights, not just one of them.