Today in fash fanfiction
Since “Dobbs will totally make Republicans the party of maternal care” is getting hard to argue at this late date, people perpetually searching for a red-brown alliance have no find new daydreams, and here’s a particularly ridiculous one:
This fact of politics was true then, and it’s true now. And we can see that with one of the more unusual dynamics in American politics, as both the left, in the form of an actors’ and writers’ strike, and the right, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, are fighting with the giant Disney corporation.
The GOP presidential candidate and the striking Hollywood creatives may not agree on much, but both are aggrieved by Disney’s raw use of power, and perhaps the broader dynamic of corporate monopolies in general. If the right and left join forces, they might be able to take on the entertainment behemoth — and even push to break up the company. Doing so may sound like a fantasy, but it would actually mark a return to the kind of market structure that once characterized the industry, while delivering better results for the broader public.
May!
Look, DeSantis is a far-right upward-redistributionist who hates labor. His record on this couldn’t be more clear. His opposition to Disney is based solely on its belief that trans people are equal human beings. The idea that you’re going to leverage this into pro-labor politics goes beyond “fantasy” straight into “I hope you’re lying to your readers because if not this is extraordinarily stupid.” Again: in the end, red-brown alliances are just brown.