• Pratai@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    “Nobody is paying attention”

    Meanwhile every article you read and every political meme depicts him as a Nazi. No, I think we are well aware of what he is, dude.

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      10 months ago

      You know that interview with Kanye and Alex Jones where Yedolf starts saying a bunch of Nazi shit and Alex tries to coach him on how to dogwhistle it, but Mr Western Cultural Supremacy just starts saying it louder?

      It’s like that. Everyone with a clue beforehand knew what was up, but now even the people with no clue at all can’t honestly deny it, not even the most generously slack-jawed “centrist.”

      Of course, they still will, because they’re not honest, and that’s what some people just can’t wrap their heads around:

      Conservatives aren’t honest, and do not operate on principles of good faith. There are still those who will deny his Nazi rhetoric is Nazi rhetoric, but they’re just lying.

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        10 months ago

        Enforcing the status of America as a hegemon has required the export of fascism since the 50s. The way it’s commodified is very similar to how “anti-capitalism” is commodified, it’s not the thing that causes fascism it’s like a cultural manifestation of this.

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      10 months ago

      That’s why he does it too, “nobody is paying attention” when it’s the biggest thing helping to define his political brand.

      I think they’re confusing “not paying attention” with “not doing anything.” If the fear is genuine why isn’t there a popular front against Trump? People talk online as though they’re very concerned but you don’t really see anything happening to mount a resistance. Are people signing up to campaign for the Democrats over this, or are they just posting memes about it? Is it that nothing can be done and people feel completely powerless? Maybe everyone is just dug in at this point and we just have to watch this happen. In any case it’s pathetic to constantly hear how worried everyone is about fascist Trump while nothing is done about it. It’s like everyone is just reacting to politics happening and have no political agency of their own.

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      10 months ago

      “what he is”… A former president? Because he sure as fuck isn’t a Nazi