Re: <nettime> why is it so quiet (in the US)

[d.garcia@new-tactical-research.co.uk]

This recent piece in the New Yorker (below) shows that Felix's anxieties 
are well unfounded. And ably facilitated by the rise and rise of Don 
Junior the once despised prodigal son who has morphed into the 
formidable and terrifying heir apparent's fascistic rants about 'total 
war', aided and abetted by the supine Republican establishment. Is it 
too alarming to imagine that US democracy is at risk of going from an 
extended midlife crisis into a terminal end game? The coming weeks will 
test the republic's constitutional arrangements as never before.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-far-could-republicans-take-trumps-claims-of-election-fraud


> > On 13 Nov 2020, at 10:10, Felix Stalder <felix@openflows.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I must admit, amidst post-terror assault on civil liberties and covid
> > cases spiraling out of control here in Austria, the US election drama
> > has moved a bit lower in my attention, but not that much.
> >
> > > From what I understand, the numbers show that Trump lost. Period. No
> > recount will change that.
> >
> > But, the game of the Republicans is to create so much doubt about the
> > fairness of the elections (without any evidence) to make it impossible
> > to certify them in time. Frivolous lawsuits are great at gumming 
> > things
> > up. This would then allow the Republican dominated legislatures in 
> > swing
> > states to appoint their own electors which would bring Trump the
> > majority. In the mean time, the minister of defense, who previously
> > refused to send in troops against mostly peaceful protestors, has been
> > fired and replaced with a loyalist. Apparently, similar moves are in 
> > the
> > wings for the FBI and CIA.
> >
> > I know, Trump is often portrayed as an incompetent child, and the
> > strategy is totally outlandish, but the Republican party has shown to 
> > be
> > a pretty ruthless and successful power machine playing both a short 
> > and
> > a long game, and it's exactly the outlandishness of the strategy that 
> > is
> > its strongest point.
> >
> > In the mean time, the democrats pretend all of this to be irrelevant 
> > (an
> > 'embarrassment' at worst) and happily appoint a transition team full 
> > of
> > corporate insiders like it's 1992.
> >
> > Am I totally misreading the situation?
> >
> > Felix
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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