• obvs@lemmy.world
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    Yeah, for SOME reason, communism is becoming incredibly popular in the United States.

    Could it be the fascists running everything?

    Oh, I’m sorry, ruining everything.

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    Let me guess: the little Keebler Elf defines anything that is not conservative, not pro-pedo-in-chief, and not pro-Seven Mountain Mandate as “Communism”.

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    If you can’t beat 'em, rig the elections.

    If that doesn’t work, throw 'em in jail.

    Straight out of the autocrats’ playbook.

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      If you can’t beat 'em, rig the elections.

      If that doesn’t work, throw 'em in jail.

      And if that doesn’t work, start prepping your military for the inevitable civil war.

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        Or buld out your own new Independent Criminal Enterprise army that is anonymous, removes their license plates, can sweep anyone off the street based on profiling, whisks them away to a private for profit detention center without due process and answers only to dear leader

        Oh vait

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    In the weeks following a series of Democratic primary victories by progressive and democratic socialist candidates in New York, Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, Texas, and elsewhere, Trump and his allies in the GOP have relentlessly hammered on the idea that the nation was under siege by “godless Communists” who want to “completely destroy the traditional American way of life,” rhetoric that echoed McCarthy era red-baiting to many critics.

    These “Godless Communists” who are looking to “destroy the traditional American way of life” are doing it by winning elections. So, what Trump and Johnson are saying is that we should send the military after these office holders because he doesn’t like their politics.

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      Yep. If you think shit is dark now, it’s gonna get way darker before it starts to get better. I’m the most worried I’ve ever been about the few months of October through January. They’ve come way too far and committed way too many crimes to simply let themselves be democratically and constitutionally removed from office.

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        They’ve come way too far and committed way too many crimes to simply let themselves be democratically and constitutionally removed from office.

        I’m cautiously optimistic.

        Not long ago, I would have said the same thing about Orban as well. But they voted him out, he left, and things seem to be improving greatly in Hungary.

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    Yeah, because the real threat today isn’t fascism having taken over government, or christian nationalism, or billionaires bleeding us dry and stripping our rights. Nope. It’s the red menace. All those communists who we all know in real life, who [checks notes]… oh wait… do not actually exist meaningfully in government.

    Also, Bigfoot is coming for your children. Better watch out! 🙄

    e: don’t get me wrong, I wish leftism was a real threat to fascism in the US, but it’s just not yet.

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    I’ll take goodness communism over fascism wielding a cross and wearing a flag.

    They’re talking about democratic socialism of course though, which is expressly not communism, but bring ignorant of the difference is also a feature of the American education system.

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    So when they say they want to go back to the 50s they mean everything, even the random Red Scare witch hunts.

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    Communism…hmm right Looking at Russia: Things Like the existence of oligarchy, nepotism, plundering of the poor, being against free press, having police raids, …? Looking back at the US.

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      Russia post Soviet collapse is 100% what they are trying to achieve here. Balkanization, genocide, profiteering, and mask off oligarchy. Seems to be working.

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    Needs more money to oppress The People and keep us from protesting and voting you fuckers out! Take that crusty mushroom dick out of your mouth and say what you mean.