You ever get the feeling that you’ve been manipulated into hating the political opposition to fascism?
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rayyy@piefed.social 2 days ago
Talarico is saying the right things. He deserves a few bucks. The others, not so much. Democrats, in general stood by and let all this corruption go on. Support only those who understand the problem but understand that we need many more to actually actually change things.
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
betheydocrime@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Democrats aren’t the opposition to fascism, they’re its enablers. They don’t want to fight fascism, they want a version of fascism that follows the rules of respectability politics. They want a sensible, noncorrupt fascism that keeps thorough records of the people it kidnaps. They want a gentle fascism with body cameras to make sure the kidnappings stay “nonviolent” while they get a first person view of families being destroyed. They want fascism with more humane internment camps.
You know who is the actual political opposition to fascism? The mutual aid group in your city. The neighborhood group chat where community members talk to each other and keep each other safe. The rapid response networks. The tenant’s rights organizers. All the people out there building alternative power structures.
Polisheocket@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
If you want change you need a new party, Democrats don’t so shit. They keep status quo. Recent president Joe Biden did some things but went silent for many months. We also need age limits.
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
The Democratic party is a political party in a democracy. It’s the only political party in the US that is still pro-democracy.
You’ve been conditioned to think only in terms of authoritarianism because you’re living in a fascist society whose goal is to make you think only in terms of which group of authoritarians should have ultimate power over the people. You are unable to see that there are limits to what a political party in a democracy can do and how it’s actually a good thing that political parties have these limitations.
So you’ve been told that democracy and following democratic norms indicates weakness, that the Democratic party is weak and that weakness is a sign they’re your enemies. This is how fascists understand the world. Political opposition to fascism within a democratic system is something you’re told you should despise, so you despise the Democratic party. This is how it is when you’re in a fascist society.
Leftists in the US are useful to the fascists since they serve as a convenient scapegoat. They just need to prevent you from supporting their political opposition (which you seem happy to go along with) long enough for them to eliminate democracy. After you’re no longer useful to the fascists, they’ll eliminate you as well.
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Spot on. Very well said.
chewypoops@lemmy.world 2 days ago
No, because too many Democrats can’t even recognize genocide when it is happening right in front of them, and while I understand that we have to “play the game” in our two-party system, Democrats have given me no reason to support their party at a policy level.
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Yes, the Republicans are better at catering to singe issue voters like you. It’s obvious that the likes of JD Vance want to go down a more antisemitic path, and a guy like him knows how to be careful about his wording to make you think “he’s not antisemitic, he’s just against Israel.” You already hate Democrats, and I don’t see leftists as actually being anti-fascist, so a large portion of the “anti-zionist” crowd will shift to voting Republican right along side the white supremacists antisemites and the social media algorithms will provide you whatever rationalizations needed to make you feel that’s ok.
If you actually cared about fascism you wouldn’t have been uncommitted last election. Everyone knows the Republicans have more control over social media and so will be able to manipulate single issue voters better than the Democrats can. They were able to convince y’all to be “uncommitted” in the face of fascism. The next obvious step is to get you to vote for fascism. And you probably will, so long as they express hatred towards the same people you hate. Because that’s just how fascism works.
boaratio@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Democrats didn’t stand by and allow the corporation to happen. They participated in it.