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Im sorry for my error and my hypocrisy.
Right now anyone who is anti-fascist needs to be on the same team. Anyone saying we should reject anyone who is anti-fascist because they do not cling to a specific ideology are a larger part of any problem we are facing than she is.
Well, one line of my comment was about her being part of the CIA torture apparatus. The rest detailed how she, personally and with the help of the Democratic Party, did fascist things like subvert the will of the people by preventing real political choice.
This isn’t a situation where we can pick the lesser of two evils and hold our nose. I’m outright saying she’s part of the problem — so fuck her and her insistence that we focus on only the kings they want us to be concerned about. And fuck her desire to step away from our moral duty to protect others from discrimination.
I will not abandon my principles for word games.
Cool, buddy purity tests are absolutely the smartest way to confront actual fascists which doesn't include her.
The only one playing word games is the person misusing the term fascist. She isn'ta fascist and Sanders lost fair and square both times. America is not a progressive nation
We could be. You're happy as long as fascism wears a blue necktie.
She is a fascist. She worked for torturers
Neoliberalism's erosion of the welfare state and GWB's brutal and bumbling advancement of American Oligarchy via the War on Terror are why we are currently living under outright fascism. Those who caused this current crisis must be cast out as arsonists who lit the current inferno
Anti-fascists must be united and must avoid factionalism. She is not an anti-fascist, which is why she supports our ruling class of oligarchs. Because she is not a part of our movement, but is a deceiver who literally works for the spies of the American Oligarchs, we must not accept her as on "our" side
Stop using words when you clearly do not know what they mean.
Fascism is the open dictatorship of the most reactionary, most chauvinistic, and most imperialist elements of finance capital, used as a tool by the ownership class to crush the working class and revolutionary movements when their rule can no longer be maintained through "normal" parliamentary democracy. It is capitalism in decay and crisis, resorting to extreme violence, nationalism, and repression to preserve class dominance.
The CIA and broader U.S. intelligence apparatus from George W. Bush to today function as instruments of the ownership class, increasingly showing fascistic tendencies as capitalism faces deeper internal crises. After 9/11, intelligence agencies expanded mass surveillance, covert operations, and political manipulation — not just abroad but domestically — to suppress dissent, manage working-class unrest, and defend imperialist interests. Under both Republican and Democratic administrations, the intelligence state has blurred the line between “security” and repression, normalizing extraordinary executive powers, criminalizing protest, and targeting leftist, anti-imperialist, and labor movements — all while intensifying nationalist narratives to justify it.
I know a guy who is in analysis. He's an expert in kitchen appliances. What's he doing to create or enforce your notion of fascism?
Extremely poor taste "joke"
The above comment already explains how the intelligence agencies enforce and perpetuate western oligarchic control and exploitation.
https://a.co/d/2xNcOKi
https://a.co/d/837DzqO
For reference
Im not joking he is an expert in home goods. I suspect he identifies locations of photos based on them. Are you just generally unaware of what analysts do at the CIA because it really seems like it.
You didn’t explain anything you just bloviated. It’s probably worth noting I think your definition if fascism is wrong and frankly silly.
Im not sure what you think links to books for sale represent but I know Prashad IRL and I would never cede that clown any credibility.
You made a "joke" about pressure cookers and ovens. Which have obviously been used as murder weapons and extermination devices. And then lack the spine to admit to what you said.
I provided a correct definition of fascism. What is your understanding? That fascism is "something bad that happened a long time ago, somewhere far away?" It's a structural issue that requires a class-inclusive structural analysis. Or did your 2nd grade history class not encourage you to think in such terms?
I think books represent knowledge that would alleviate your ignorance. It's an attempt to cure you.
You're a no one who is pretending to have any authority because lying on the internet gives you feelings of power
No one was joking that’s an actual skill he has.
Can you give me any reason why I should expect you to have any