As long as neoliberals are the only alternative, fascism will always come back.
You mean modern liberals? Neoliberalism is about as far-right as fascism.
Please explain how neoliberalism is as far-right as fascism.
No one is saying neoliberalism is as far right as fascism. However fascism has a cloak of populism that it can hide under that neoliberalism can never do because they are tied to corporate interests in varying degrees. As such, a lot of working class people gravitate towards fascists who pay lip service to working class struggles.
At the end of the day, both neoliberals and fascists benefit from an undereducated and overworked population. That is why we need true alternatives that support the working class
At the end of the day, both neoliberals and fascists benefit from an undereducated and overworked population. That is why we need true alternatives that support the working class
Pretty much what I was referring to. I think the difference is a matter of motivation. Fascists want power and complete control, neoliberals don't, but either one would applaude streets paved with dead bodies if it lowered costs by 10%.
Better late than never I suppose. Congrats everyone else.
I'll take it. Really. It sucks for us. But if this is what it takes to get everyone else to kick this bullshit ass ideology and actually get on with progress over stagnation let's fucking go.
Agree. Let's take the hit and move towards getting off this fucking planet.
Take the hit and learn the lessons. And fix this planet.
It's not Trumpism, it's fascism.
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Those things are, in fact, equivalent.
Squares are to rectangles as Trumpism is to fascism.
One can hope, but each time I get optimistic, some crazy bullshit goes down.
Salon, huffpo, msnbc ffs. These are the hopium sites favored by the beaten left, because actual corporate journalism collapsed under it’s own ignorance and greed a long time ago.
The NYT will trot out a hopium piece every once in awhile like rainbow-flagging-the-logo for Pride month, but it’s all clickbait.
Who are you going to vote for in the midterms? The left needs to get its shit together. Propaganda, corruption, and blatant lies are kicking our ass.
The problem is that we don't have a left party; the closest are the Democrats and they're Republicans in all but name.
I don't buy that. I think there are a number of old corporate Dems who need to get the boot. But that's all up to the Democratic voters to do.
It's not that complicated in principle, it's just that complicated once one is out in the real world.
I sure hope this is right…
But the rise of the far right among the Western allies seems to be stalling out.
Sorry, wut??
Can't imagine what in the screaming goat fuck would lead you to this conclusion other than pure blind idiocy...
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Can we sequester him? In the dirt, please?
You have to wonder what infects the minds of people such that they fall for this in other countries.
I have a good idea what does it here.
To put it simply, the prosperity of Europeans and their descendants was paid for through the bloodshed of colonial exploitation. This created an inherently inequal world order.
The world has become more equal post WW2 and the descendants of the greatest beneficiaries of that exploitation are now displeased that they don't hold the same advantages their ancestors did. That's why we have to go back. That's why we have to make _____ great again.
Most PoC can hear these dogwhistles (if you can even call them that) from a mile away.
But is it really?
I can't assuredly say we have beat conservative populism yet, but we are at least bringing competence to government.
The issue we haven't solved is that many young people now are coming of age upon a platter of socially engineered falsehood.
That might be the silver lining to all this
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