‘Look at me, I stood up to the other side,’ they’ll say, while they laugh all the way to the bank. They love these public spats because it keeps us from seeing that, fundamentally, they’re more alike than different. Both parties are beholden to their corporate backers and more interested in their careers than in solving anything
DeSantis can use this to rally his base by saying he’s standing up to federal overreach, while Harris can portray herself as the voice of reason. It’s a perfect setup to keep everyone distracted from the fact that neither of them is actually addressing what’s going on with our disaster response systems. They want us to believe they’re on opposite sides, but really, they’re just playing different roles in the same power structure.
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