"Look just because we control all three branches of government, have replaced compent government workers with loyal ones, tried to overturn the last election we lost and are working to ensure we’ll never be able to lose another (assuming our plan to incite riots doesn’t work so we can just declare a national emergency so we don’t have another election), have created a secret police to snatch people off the streets, are prosecuting our political opponents or anyone that we deem to be not loyal enough, are removing press credentials of journalists and trying to force news outlets to sign agreements to what that can report, are using the FCC to silence voices of dissent, have sent in the military to occupy our own cities, have had friendly oligarchs purchase traditional and social media companies to silence critics and push our own propaganda, are using government resources to push partisan messages, have declared anyone that disagrees with us as anti-American, are using our military to sink civilian boats and murder the people inside, are ignoring orders of judges who don’t rule in our favor, let our oligarchs choose which government programs to axe, created our own cryptocurrency to facilitate bribery by foreign nations, have declared anti-fascism to be terrorism…
doesn’t mean we’re fascist!"
I have lunch meeting with a magat in a few hours, I’m going to try my hardest to memorize this!
This meme doesn’t sit quite well with me because hat implies only MAGA is fascist when the US has been historically fascist.
It is almost as if the public criticism of antifascism is in bad faith.
You mean its the anti-anti-fascists who are fascists?
This literally happened in Spain a couple days ago
The “fascists” part refers to actual antifascists that went to confront the actual fascists (falangists)
That’s ridiculous! Falangists practically invented fascism.
Yes, they’re the original Spanish flavour of fascism
You guys dont even know a real fascist.
Whatever Lemmy calls fascism is just hilarious.
A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls, violent suppression of the opposition, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism
- American Heritage Dictionary
America is literally a fascist state rn
Now look up definition of dictator next.
You’re being condescending, as well as sucking the air out of the room by making demands without actually explaining yourself.
If you want to explain what you think people are getting wrong about fascism then go ahead, but at the moment you’re just being a bit of an arse whilst contributing nothing.
noun An absolute ruler. noun A tyrant; a despot. noun An ancient Roman magistrate appointed temporarily to deal with an immediate crisis or emergency. noun One who dictates.
So you think you have a dictator running the country huh. :)
You might be confused because of the difference on names, but an executive order is rather close to a dictat.
But you can make it a new word if you need your orange man to be in a special category. Maybe “executiveordertator” so you won’t be confused anymore.
I think so! :)
he’s certainly trying to become one
I would agree with that but there are actual people here thinking he is a dictator. Its wild. :)
I mean i get it, I joke about it too. But to actually think he is a dictator… :) :)
I guess its Americans and their school system.
The passive aggresive small d**k energy this person is showcasing is part and parcel of the normalization of authoritarianism and idiocracy in modern times. This is the type of acute mental darkness that awaits all of us if we don’t resist and organize against fascism and the rise of Big Stupid.
Dictators don’t just pop into existence with total authoritarian control, it takes the support of already powerful people to erode the checks on their power bit by bit, which Donald Trump has been doing with the support of his billionaire donors. Fascism emerges out of capitalist republics and has to overcome various obstacles to achieve total authority for the leader. Trump does not yet have total dictatorial power because there are still checks on the presidency that he and his movement have not yet succeeded in eroding.
when checks and balances are ignored and you do what you want with the power you have, I’m not sure how my textbook definition of “an absolute ruler” differs from what is going on now in america.
I’d love to hear your thoughts, though. I dont like being wrong, so if I am, please correct me so i may be correct! :)
any reason for the passive aggressive smile faces?
Tell me you have no expertise in political science without telling me you have no expertise in political science
It sounds like the sort of garbage you hear shortly before “anyway it’s not a democracy, it’s a constitutional republic”.
If your definition is different that mine, isn’t it easier telling us what your opinion is so we can actually confront, instead of using a 4th grade version of the Socratic Method?
Fascism is the violent, merciless face of capital it reveals when it takes off its liberal mask. It’s when property relations have decayed and are in crisis due to the unsustainability of capitalism, and the state needs to violently assert itself. It comes from the small business owners that are most at risk of becoming working class during these crisis, who then gang up on marginalized groups and working class organizations to protect and affirm themselves.
Gr8 b8 I r8 8/8
You missed the “m8”
Wow thats an old meme
Yeah and he forgot m8 😔
Running out of communities you haven’t been banned from for transphobia or bad faith arguments? :) Why not go to Reddit to post since you think Lemmy is so out of touch? :) :) Seems like you’d probably find more like-minded company over there. :) Maybe try out Truth social or Facebook where you can really rack up an audience of elderly senile fascists who are also transphobic trolls. :) :) :p :)
There is a group with the single purpose of fighting fascism. There is another group, that declares these anti-fascists as their number 1 enemy. Youre seriously saying that those people are not fascists?
This is deffo just a troll account.
