Kamala Harris announcing that she plans to appoint Republicans to her cabinet and as advisors—after warning that Republicans pose an existential threat to the US!—is a great illustration of the way US politics work.

[heavenlypossum@kolektiva.social]

Kamala Harris announcing that she plans to appoint Republicans to her cabinet and as advisors—after warning that Republicans pose an existential threat to the US!—is a great illustration of the way US politics work.

In Iraq, they call it the muhasasa, or quota, system—the guarantee that all factions of elites will get a share of the political system, regardless of the outcome of elections. In the US, they call it “bipartisanship.”