It’s fanciful to claim that democrats don’t understand what they’re doing. There is no way they don’t realize that republicans have no interest in bipartisanship, and the only explanation I can see is that they’re intentionally easing US into fascism.

They’re basically keeping people passive while republicans dismantle the vestiges of a democratic process and they’re also using the time to beef up and militarize the police. When republicans get in power in 2024 they’ll have all the tools need.