like i said elsewhere, the road to authoritarian rules is prepared socially, through small concessions--terminology here, consent there--when the big ones come, they may not even register as concessions.
what is interesting is the level of organized pressure the right was able to bring to bear as the ohio farce--the problems with which were obvious to anyone who looked--rather the appearance of porblems were obvious to anyone who looked---was unfolding.
rather than something on the order of in the interest of democratic process, such as it is, we should look into the problems/appearances of problems. none of that. instead it was:
move on
sore losers
concede.
capitulate
it's easy. we did it.
we dont even remember when.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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