• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    7 months ago

    I’m not sure I understand what he’s complaining about, don’t we constantly talk about how these people are fascists? Like isn’t that the lens through which we view this?

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      7 months ago

      That is downstream of corporate takeover of media, is what he’s trying to say. Something that is indeed rarely discussed, but I wouldn’t say never

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      7 months ago

      Who do you mean when you say “these people”? Are you saying the 40% of the population that voted for Trump have always been fascist? If not you need to explain how conservative voters voted in fascism.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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        7 months ago

        Conservatism has always been fascism adjacent. It’s just a cover for selfishness it’s not actually a political belief. Especially in the US especially in the last decade or so. Trump didn’t come out of a vacuum, the conditions had to be right for someone like him to be able to be appealing.