Comment on the two party system is just one big party

• wpb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  So, I hate to be that guy, but the dems get a chance every 4 years or so, and yet here we are. It seems that the democratic leaderships of the past haven’t really prevented the slow and continuous slide to fascism. And please do note that every dem president and candidate is more right wing than the previous ones. They’re sliding too.

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• bearboiblake@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I think a democratic leadership might be able to arrest the slide towards a dictatorship, but the chance of that is quite low - it would require a socialist to win the democratic nomination, and I just don’t see that happening. Anything less than a socialist would inadequately address the underlying material conditions which foment fascism, so there would be four years of neoliberalism or social democracy or whatever, another four years of worsening conditions among the working class - thereafter, the authoritarian dictatorship would come into power.

  I think the best way - probably, the only way - to prevent dictatorship would be for the working class to continue organizing and building a people-led direct action movement, like the Black Panther Party did.

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  • Hubi@feddit.org ⁨50⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    I think the best way - probably, the only way - to prevent dictatorship would be for the working class to continue organizing and building a people-led direct action movement, like the Black Panther Party did.

    Except there is no chance of this happening once the republicans have fully established their totalitarian regime.

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    • bearboiblake@pawb.social ⁨36⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Authoritarian regimes are only ever toppled by resistance movements like this, but they’re MUCH harder to build once the authoritarian regime tightens its grip. That’s why we need to do it now, instead of wasting time campaigning for Gavin Newsome or whatever fucking ghoul the democrats nominate.

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      • Hubi@feddit.org ⁨28⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        Authoritarian regimes are only ever toppled by resistance movements like this

        This is patently false. Remember Nazi Germany? My Grandparents sure do. There are countless other examples of dictatorships solidifying their grasp and unless there are outside factors, the population will never revolt or be unable to do so. The brain washing will continue until there is nobody left who thinks of resistance. You have a small window to regain control now, so use it. Nobody will come to help you.

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