What sounds far fetched is that nobody has told. There were plenty of people who tried to tell about Epstein. There are thousands of pages of evidence. There is zero evidence of a conspiracy for the Dems to be a controlled opposition. There are zero whistle lowers. Zero leaked emails. It’s just not real.
None of those things are what define fascism. Fascism at its core is defined by the destruction of democratic representation and the rule of law. Without those any other issue you personally care about cannot be addressed.
So yes, the SAVE act is fascism because it erodes voting rights. Mark Wayne Mullen threatening to send federal agents to polling places is fascism for the same reason. ICE agents assaulting and killing people with no legal recourse against them is fascism because it erodes the rule of law as does Trump signing blatantly unconstitutional executive orders or defying judicial orders are fascism.
The environment and healthcare are important. I got my degree in environmental science for fucks sake. I understand that they are existential threats. But the threat of fascism will kill us first if we don’t smash it with maximum force now.
Occhams razor. Is it a simpler explanation that Democrats are not a controlled opposition, or they are a controlled opposition but hundreds of members each were bribed or blackmailed into absolute silence for the rest of their lives by a shadowy cabal that rules the country?
We can’t afford purity tests in an existential fight. It doesn’t matter where they stand on economic policies, healthcare, the environment, Israel, or whatever. All that matters is if they will directly fight against the current fascists in power.
That’s kind of my point? They aren’t cooperating with Dems in some conspiracy
6 isn’t “a lot of Democrats”.
Says the moron who added $11.6 TRILLION to the national debt.
Stories like this are exactly what the fascists want. They want Democrats so busy fighting each other that they can’t provide a unified resistance. So far it’s working.
The slavery thing is just an example. It’s a tyranny of the majority thing inherent to pure democracy. Hayek’s statement is right standing by itself. If he was alluding to a democratic society electing to be socialist when he was talking about a democratic government lacking liberalism, he is wrong. But that is to be expected from an economist. Most would rather give up democracy than capitalism.
They wouldn’t need to hedge bets if they simply funded one party and made the other extinct.
Good, no. By almost every metric yes they are better.
He is right in the sense that there can be a benevolent dictator like Cinncinnatus who famously was made dictator, saved Rome from an invading army, and retired back to his farm after 16 days. At the same time a liberal democracy can vote that a minority ethnic group should all become slaves.
I mean spilling the beans about it all being a big conspiracy where both the Dems and GOP are working together.
This keeps the majority trapped in the political sports arena, thinking things will improve if only their party can finally get their way
Republicans took full control and their voters ARE getting their way. They were just too stupid to realize the consequences of what they were asking.
Because Republicans almost universally lower taxes on the wealthy when they get in power and Democrats almost universally raise taxes when they get in power.
Dictatorship and fascism aren’t synonyms.
I can agree with that, but it is a very different thing than saying there is controlled opposition.
So he’s going to sue the shit out of the government, right?
It makes no sense to spend on both parties. They would get more corporate welfare if they spent for Republicans every time.
And why would Democrats participate in such a conspiracy willingly? You really believe that none of them would spill the beans? It’s just not realistic.
I’m saying is that we all need to realize that fascism is the greatest threat. The rest must come secondary.