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My point is only one party accepts money from them. One party wants fascism. The other wants oligarchical capitalism.
Hate both, don't conflate both.
Oligarchal capitalism is fascism. Fascism js essentially the combination of corporste power and government or corporatism. The democrats are fascist lite but still fascist. They took their marching orders from the same billionaires and got us to the precipice of where we are now. They have no remorse and just continue to make excuses. Read the writing on the wall ffs.
No, it really isn't though.
https://www.openculture.com/2024/11/umberto-ecos-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html
They both suck, but let's be clear about why they suck. Oligarch capitalism sucks because of wealth disparity and financial oppression.
Fascism sucks because of the punishing of "out" groups and strict social control. And also wealth disparity and financial oppression.
Capitalists don't care if you're gay or black as long as you have money.
Democrats were all in on the immigrant/crime panic and supported the violent squashing of protests against their genocide. To act like they aren't also guilty of "punishing of out group and strict social control" is just apologia.
I don't see the point of yourblast paragraph...do you believe capitalism is just voluntary exchange and that's the only way wealth transfer happens? They want your money and they will take it any way they can. Fascism is a form of capitalism...
US capitalists certainly do. I don't know how many more examples it will take for gringos to stop going on about how "this isn't America" like bro that's ALL it's ever been. I can't point to a single time in US history that there haven't at least three ethnic groups persecuted and disenfranchised, and that's without even mentioning the violent political persecution.
If it always pushes racist war criminals to the top, that's what your society was built to do. You don't get a hundred thousand sausages and say "man, we gotta put different meat in, we can't seem to get the machine to make any burgers" like, please look at the fucking mechanisms.
I know the 14 traits of fascism well. And they are present in both parties to varying extents. Democrats still support the war on drugs 100% which is a defacto fascist attack on minorities and lower socio economic classes who are shipped out to corporate owned for profit correctional centers so tax dollars can be siphoned for their profits while also profiting off of legally permissible slavery. Democrats are fascists with a smiley face mask waving a pride flag and blm slogans. They are inherently anti worker and pro corporate power protection. Engaging in identity politics while chastising and belittling working class solidarity and class consciousness is a fascist plan of attack through division.