#lyingtoourselves — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #lyingtoourselves, aggregated by home.social.
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When y’all finally accept this as true then we can start trying to solve our problems for real.
*Americans aren’t facing a democratic collapse. We’re living in its aftermath. The US was an oligarchy well before Trump’s first term. Recognizing this reality is essential to building a true democracy.*
https://www.theguardian.com/global/commentisfree/2026/mar/08/trump-democracy-oligarchy-policy
#uspol #USPolitics #fascism #realtalk #livingindenial #lyingtoourselves #oligarchy
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#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love #Authoritarianism
He #campaigned on #hate and #darkness—exactly what most of his #voters wanted or accepted. It’s #comforting to #pretend they were #unaware of his #darkness or thought he didn’t mean it, but that’s just #lyingtoourselves.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #emptythepews
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/authoritarianism-and-trump-voters
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#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love #Authoritarianism
He #campaigned on #hate and #darkness—exactly what most of his #voters wanted or accepted. It’s #comforting to #pretend they were #unaware of his #darkness or thought he didn’t mean it, but that’s just #lyingtoourselves.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #emptythepews
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/authoritarianism-and-trump-voters