Populism is political thought that values the will and interests of ordinary people.

To hate it, you must view yourself as something other, and probably "better," than an ordinary person.

Maybe be less arrogant so everyone won't completely despite you on sight, then populism won't hurt you.

They don't have hearts.

Exactly. He was a monarchist. The fact that he mislabeled himself as an anarchist as well doesn't make mfing ABSOLUTE MONARCHY not authoritarian.

But he wouldn’t be fighting for freedom. He'd be fighting to impose his brand of authoritarian theocracy instead of Trump's.

They would literally rather kill a child than allow them to grow up into a gay adult because they believe that leads to eternal damnation.

Five years ago they might have ruled against d law but they've devolved to the point of blindly doing what Trump wants since then. This law hurts poc so they'll uphold it. Simple as.

If a dictator successfully taking power in america and dismantling democratic institutions in a way that will almost certainly not be undone in our lifetimes is not enough to convince you that liberalism doesn't work what theoretically possible outcome could ever be enough?

How does even a lib reach the point where they are so smug and oblivious that they think they know better than reality itself, what is and is not capable of preserving democracy in the face of fascism? They gesture at a system that has already failed completely and insist that it works.

The exits are to the far left.

I think the most likely outcome is a reset to the pre-10/7 status quo and then all of this happens again in ten years, maybe 20 if we have to wait for hamas' replacement to form.

Israel would have to give up land, money, and power to forge a lasting peace and no shot it does any of those things.

The "/outsiders" is even more wild. It's one thing to say that academics studying a religion academically shouldn't make value judgements, quite another to say that activists, pundits, journalists and other outsiders should all refuse to engage with that question. Absolutely ludicrous.

I object to your use of the word "become."

There is no point in the history of policing where this was not the case. Police as we know them evolved from the old south's slave catchers.