Liberal democracy fundamentally fails to deal with fascism because it fails to commit to egalitarianism and justice. Holding the center is giving ground. When they go right, we go left.
Climate change denial: https://gizmodo.com/climate-deniers-try-to-fact-check-real-reporting-1849969052
Support for withdrawing from Paris: https://cei.org/blog/were-out-of-the-paris-agreement-again-how-trump-can-make-it-stick/
Project 2025: https://theintercept.com/2024/07/19/conservative-groups-abandon-project-2025/
Right to repair: https://cei.org/news_releases/ftc-lawsuit-against-john-deere-will-break-more-than-it-fixes-cei-analysis/
Attacks on the CFPB: https://cei.org/news_releases/trumps-pick-for-acting-cfpb-director-is-good-news-for-consumers-financial-innovation/
https://web.archive.org/web/20230410034345/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/think-tanked/post/competitive-enterprise-institute-files-lawsuit-against-obamas-consumer-watchdog/2012/06/22/gJQAjnPUvV_blog.html
Support for mergers: https://cei.org/blog/dont-let-a-government-shutdown-stop-mergers/
Net neutrality: https://cei.org/legal_brief/amicus-brief-united-states-telecom-association-v-fcc/
Antitrust (they advocate for the abolition of antitrust law): https://antitrust.cei.org/
Why are you working with the CEI? They were a big player in climate change denial and still oppose green policies (such as by applauding Trump's disastrous pullout from the Paris agreement), oppose net neutrality and antitrust, argued that the CFPB is unconstitutional, oppose right to repair, participated in Project 2025, support mergers, and are just generally scummy. They aren't as bad as some on the right, but they're not someone I ever would have expected Techdirt to work with.
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Don't hold the center. Go left.
Liberal democracy fundamentally fails to deal with fascism because it fails to commit to egalitarianism and justice. Holding the center is giving ground. When they go right, we go left.
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Climate change denial: https://gizmodo.com/climate-deniers-try-to-fact-check-real-reporting-1849969052 Support for withdrawing from Paris: https://cei.org/blog/were-out-of-the-paris-agreement-again-how-trump-can-make-it-stick/ Project 2025: https://theintercept.com/2024/07/19/conservative-groups-abandon-project-2025/ Right to repair: https://cei.org/news_releases/ftc-lawsuit-against-john-deere-will-break-more-than-it-fixes-cei-analysis/ Attacks on the CFPB: https://cei.org/news_releases/trumps-pick-for-acting-cfpb-director-is-good-news-for-consumers-financial-innovation/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230410034345/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/think-tanked/post/competitive-enterprise-institute-files-lawsuit-against-obamas-consumer-watchdog/2012/06/22/gJQAjnPUvV_blog.html Support for mergers: https://cei.org/blog/dont-let-a-government-shutdown-stop-mergers/ Net neutrality: https://cei.org/legal_brief/amicus-brief-united-states-telecom-association-v-fcc/ Antitrust (they advocate for the abolition of antitrust law): https://antitrust.cei.org/
The CEI? Really?
Why are you working with the CEI? They were a big player in climate change denial and still oppose green policies (such as by applauding Trump's disastrous pullout from the Paris agreement), oppose net neutrality and antitrust, argued that the CFPB is unconstitutional, oppose right to repair, participated in Project 2025, support mergers, and are just generally scummy. They aren't as bad as some on the right, but they're not someone I ever would have expected Techdirt to work with.