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No wonder the fascist regime and its followers hate it so much.

The sad and dangerous thing is that many are actually starting to come around to the idea that fascism is good. They have spent years denying that Trump is a fascist and are now fully embracing it.

Yay, The Atlantic gave us permission!

They own so much more than the news organizations. They own the special interest groups, the lobbyists, the elected officials, the land and natural resources, every single company we buy goods and services from, the banks, the hospitals, everything. Slavery didn’t end, it just changed its business model.

Exactly. They will get away with this.

Arent irreplaceable glands removed during a circumcision? Might be able to lengthen skin to form something like foreskin but isn’t it impossible to regrow the glans?

This. And I use more soap on my ass and balls than about anywhere else on my body JUST TO BE EXTRA CLEAN.

Americans need to suffer more. Especially the working class. They can only blame immigrants for so long.

The MAGAts are denying this, too. They deny everything. Nothing will change their mind. Ever.

Well they do that because democratic socialism focuses on well-being of the populace rather than well being of the few but admittedly they are fairly toothless as their policies revolve around tax collection rather than the required restructuring of industry that would comprise a socialist system… a democratic socialist can only really affect policy through tax code.

Someone correct me if I’m wrong.

Snapping my fingersssss

I don’t think it’s the singular issue but there are many, many people, male and female, that will not even consider a female candidate for president. With the social regression of MAGA, my concern is that the Overton window is moving too far to the right. I will happily vote for a female. I worry the populace won’t. Hillary won the popular vote and lost in the electoral college thanks to swing districts going to Trump.

That’s true. And air freight is much more limited in its capacity too so it’s usually only considered for critical goods.

There’s always the option of antitrust as well. The government could, if it had a backbone, bust up corporate land aggregates. But very heartening to hear that take about New England, something I hadn’t considered. I know livestock are big out there so had assumed most land was either grazing or feed farming.

I’m willing to let her change my mind about her. For sure. But … It seems that what the left wants is more like Bernie and more like AOC. Active participants even if they aren’t in power. Advocates for the right thing and holding truth to power.

True. But I doubt it will be state vs state. That’s not where the loyalties are. It will be urban vs rural.

No matter what she said about Gaza, it was going to be divisive for the Dems. The only part of American politics that view Gaza as a genocide are leftists. And leftists alone can’t win a national election. We aren’t there yet. What was she supposed to say? And on the economy, yes, she should have talked more about how the economy was good. How they had solved Trump’s inflation. How their plans were bringing stability and growth to America. Because Trump had no plan. He had gibberish answers. Attack soundbites. Trump relied on his surrogates making his points for him. Still does.

I don’t like it that she brought Cheney in. But anyone that saw that and decided not to vote for her has ensured whatever comes to pass. Up to and including absolute fascism and federal control of daily life.

If the left really wants a shot at changing things, the presidential election isn’t where to do it. That would be the absolute last place for change. We need system reform to allow viable third party candidates. The two party system is the flaw. It is eroding our ability to vote for real candidates.

Sure. He means live fire, urban combat, and a descent into outright revolution. But they want to act like the frog isn’t in the pot already.

I wonder how the red states are going to survive when they can’t get anything into or out of the ports.

If you think that any kind of intellectual examination was part of people’s decision making process last election, you are sorely mistaken. It really surprises me that on Lemmy, people think that 90% of voters even think about these things. They don’t. And they won’t. Look at the polling leading up to 2024. Harris was ahead for quite a bit. As the day got closer and Trump started running tabloid ads about trans and immigrants, the polls shifted.

The shift in polling had nothing to do with these nuanced takes about centrists and war hawks and corporate Democrats. Nothing. The masses voted based on last minute bigoted propaganda and claimed it was about the economy.

Your reasoning may apply in small, isolated circles. We are talking about the masses and no, I don’t buy it. I’ve talked to too many people.

Please be done. If you wanted to be a leader, now is the time. Not three years from now.