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[-] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 34 points 4 days ago
[-] ageownage@slrpnk.net 13 points 4 days ago

Man works for the White House. I, to, would be thinking about my next drink.

[-] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

The “man” to which you’re referring is a card carrying nazi fascist

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

a [...] nazi fascist

I can expect you know literally anything about Scott Bessent given this acute political insight. I didn't know non-fascist Nazis could be a thing, but now I'll be on the lookout.

So is he a "card-carrying Nazi fascist" exclusively because this disgusting, wealth-stealing, crony capitalist vermin supports Trump and is in his cabinet for self-enrichment, or did you have a complaint that makes him a "Nazi fascist" outside of that?

Genuinely curious what else you think this man has done to make him a literal, avowed Nazi; I've cut the snark for this part.

[-] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

Probably the part where he was a major power broker in getting Trump elected the second time, and has now been rewarded with a high position in his government?

Trump's second campaign was literally 'I'll overthrow the government if I have to, I'll deport all the immigrants, I'll be a dictator from day one'. I'd say anyone that then spends every waking moment and a significant amount of their own money is at least well on the way to being a fascist.

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Agreed it makes him an accomplice to fascism inasmuch as hopping on the bandwagon and materially supporting for self-enrichment. I wouldn't object to people saying that makes him straight-up fascist; it's a close call for me, where he doesn't give a shit about the fascist ideology itself and cares exclusively about money, but that's still doing a fascism(TM) at the end of the day.

But, you know, they kind of accused him of being an avid neo-Nazi. "Nazi" and "card-carrying" have meanings. Like we really want to pretend the person who called him a "nazi fascist" knows fuck-all about Bessent? Even the tidbit you just shared about how he got here?

[-] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah, I agree that 'neo-Nazi' is a logical leap for sure with what is publically known of Bessent.

[-] underisk@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 days ago

Unless they’re literally roasting them over an actual literal fire I don’t care. You can’t shame the shameless.

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