As long as neoliberals are the only alternative, fascism will always come back.
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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%.
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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.
One can hope, but each time I get optimistic, some crazy bullshit goes down.
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.
I sure hope this is right…
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.
Copium is my preferred term.
The more cynical cousin of hopium.
The problem is that we don't have a left party; the closest are the Democrats and they're Republicans in all but name.
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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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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.
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Can we sequester him? In the dirt, please?
The Australian election is a perfect example of people voting against something. It's not that Labor were particularly palatable (I personally voted for the Greens), but the alternate of Temu Trump was more than most people could countenance
The nation collectively voted for the lesser evil
I'm hugely relieved, but the most interesting thing is the vote from the younger cohort who have aged a bit. It's not news to anyone who pays attention to politics, but they usual shift rightward with age isn't happening to the same degree
Headlines like this are for protecting the oligarchy. We all get involved until our lawmakers aren't old rich people. We pass laws that require oversight and transparency. We protect those institutions and laws that serve democracy with our lives.
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.
I wouldn't give Trump the credit for this. Yeah he is a great example of how bad it can get but the move to the left has been long on its way and picking up speednfornsome time! Trump may have boosted a snowball that was already rolling
Except it's really not a move to the left, it's just a slight slowing down of the move to the right. Fascism is currently gaining footholds in much of the western world.
So, while the handful of left victories are great, it's super dangerous to frame them as a reversal of fascism.
But is it really?
That might be the silver lining to all this
Looks like I'm gonna have to buy another newspaper tomorrow.