432
When Trump tells you he’s an authoritarian, believe him
(www.vox.com)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2023
432 points (98.6% liked)
politics
19103 readers
3552 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
I can't believe this is happening. How can this be happening. We have the biggest threat to democracy in our short existence as a country and we counter it with the least dynamic candidate we could possibly run against him. I dread to think how we're letting power politics destroy this country. We hardly have a country left anymore. It's going to take something more.
It's so frustrating.
The way I think about it is that the country has been on a particular path leading up to this confluence of things that make it possible. The GOP has played the long game in response to nixon by establishing right wing media (am radio, fox news, etc) to ramp up the coordinated brainwashing. The right has also stacked the courts and gerrymandered their asses off to stay in power and gain more. And they have attacked education for decades as well. They've also been stoking nationalism and religion for some time.
Corporate ownership of News Media has consolidated to just a few companies due to the dismantling of antitrust laws over the last several decades.
Protection against money in politics has been eroded making all that possible as well as allowing regulatory capture and the citizens united ruling etc.
And that's some of the reason for the '08 collapse and subsequent wealth transfer from middle and bottom to the top. that plus offshoring of the 90s - 00s and other factors have left a lot of people in rough shape economically.
That sets the stage for desperate people to seek a populist leader and one of em who is a particularly talented grifter stepped up. If it wasn't him it would have been someone eventually.
Meanwhile Democrats have become beholden to corporations and the rich, drifting centrist or center right. Our voting mechanisms ensures a two party system. So the only ones in leadership available to counter fascism are exactly the types that are least affected by fascism and they're more motivated to side with capitalists. And more than a few capitalists tend to side with fascists.
All the cautionary tales about fascism have been useless. Because those tales focus on the end game instead of the lead up.
If we want to prevent fascism rising elsewhere, they need to fight the things that set the stage for fascism to rise decades later. (The various things mentioned above).
The more I think about it the more I suspect de-regulating capitalism might be the main thing that can lead to fascism. Hell maybe it inevitably leads down that path idk.
This guy has been paying attention!
We are denying our way into an extinction event. How men like Hitler come to power isn't exactly a mystery but we just sit back and let it happen.