The Lever: Democratic Party Normalism has enabled them

Excellent essay on what contributed to recent Supreme Corp rulings and how the minority Party rules our government.

"They were enabled by a Democratic Party and its own cast of West Wing characters, who in the name of bipartisanship, comity, and manners started surrendering right when the putsch began. At precisely the moment Roberts began his crusade, these Democrats constructed an entire religion of normalism — the worship of norms, institutions, and etiquette above every other principle or inalienable right."

In the name of normalism Democrats caved on the nominations of Thomas and Roberts for the Corp instead of fighting them. Obama lashed out on progressives who fought Roberts. Biden has abandoned much of his legislative agenda in the name of getting along with fascists. He rejects expanding the Corp to counter its obvious agenda. He has fought against the filibuster excepting some weak and empty rhetoric like today.

What's required is to re-read and implement FDR's playbook. Work to expand the Corp. Biden can sign a bunch of Executive Orders, like one limiting the Corp's EPA ruling. Congress could start overriding the Corp with corrective legislation like a one-page Bill giving the EPA the needed power to regulate greenhouse gases. 

Of course none of that fits into their usual normalism, which had done nothing but enable the fascists. You can't negotiate with terrorists so quit trying. They have to be fiercely fought and right fucking now. We need radical action. Save the normalism for when, if ever, things return to normal. They never will though unless we give it up for now and fight like hell.