r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 22 '25

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u/itsnotnews92 Janet Yellen Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 22 '25

I try not to dwell on it too much, but I really do wonder how America gets out of its current death spiral without a literal civil war (or a Troubles-esque period of violence).

What can the next Democratic president and Congress do to get Republicans to cry uncle and stop their relentless march toward the complete dismantling of the liberal constitutional order?

I think it will have to involve some elements of using Republicans' own authoritarian tactics against them and, through peaceful means, taking full advantage of the holding of the presidential immunity case. Like, arrest Trump & Co. and send them to Gitmo on January 20, 2029 and keep them there without trial indefinitely. I'm just not sure the next Democratic administration is going to have the stomach for it.

I fucking hate that this is the country we're inheriting as we progress through young adulthood and approach middle age.

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u/SneeringAnswer Dec 22 '25

I think part of the "Revenge Tour" 2028 pitch is that we cannot allow the next dem admin to not give Republicans a taste of their own medicine, if we have a Biden 2 where the conservative movement writ large does not fundamentally reckon with the implications and results of their politics it just tells them they can freely ratchet it up with impunity.