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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
Because in any historical period where the right wing has majority, every problem is caused by people not like them !
The poor.
The foreigners.
The criminals.
The gays.
The unemployed.
The immigrants.
etc.
Blame setting is their stock in trade and it appeals to poor thinkers. Their core vote.
The poor.
The foreigners.
The criminals.
The gays.
The unemployed.
The immigrants.
etc.
Blame setting is their stock in trade and it appeals to poor thinkers. Their core vote.
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We haven't really had democracy for that long, and if you look at communism as sort of a parralel evolution thing of fascism from socialism, some of the core features never really became unpopular for very long.
When people are unhappy with their governments and their lives, I think they're easy prey for any kind of demagoguery and authoritarianism is really the obvious choice for power hungry and self interested leaders who have little regard for the welfare of anyone but themselves.
When people are unhappy with their governments and their lives, I think they're easy prey for any kind of demagoguery and authoritarianism is really the obvious choice for power hungry and self interested leaders who have little regard for the welfare of anyone but themselves.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
anathemaJack · 46-50, M
ViciDraco · 36-40, M
@anathemaJack immigration definitely needed addressing. But it was actually in it's best state in decades as Trump took office. And the focus has been entirely wrong as the vast majority of illegal immigrants are here on overstayed Visas. They entered legally but didn't leave on time.
ravenwind43 · 51-55, F
Is it? I would say right now it's more progressive thought on the rise than fascist. Of course, the two are kissing cousins in many respects.
ViciDraco · 36-40, M
@ravenwind43 Hillary can call herself a progressive. Just as North Korea calls themselves a democratic republic. You can say it but it isn't true 😏
Hillary's problem is that it's hard to know what she is because she reinvents herself constantly to appeal to what she believes is popular at the time. At the end of the day though, her record is that of a corporatist.
There was a documentary called The Choice I think, which was trying to tear down and expose Trump to which I think it did a decent job. But it was trying to build Hillary up as this person who constantly rose up above adversity. But she always did it by changing who she was. They tried to sell it off as a strength, but to a critical thinker it meant she was an unknown quantity. You couldn't trust her to stand up for her beliefs because she never really did before. That's not a progressive. That's a focus group construct.
Hillary's problem is that it's hard to know what she is because she reinvents herself constantly to appeal to what she believes is popular at the time. At the end of the day though, her record is that of a corporatist.
There was a documentary called The Choice I think, which was trying to tear down and expose Trump to which I think it did a decent job. But it was trying to build Hillary up as this person who constantly rose up above adversity. But she always did it by changing who she was. They tried to sell it off as a strength, but to a critical thinker it meant she was an unknown quantity. You couldn't trust her to stand up for her beliefs because she never really did before. That's not a progressive. That's a focus group construct.
ravenwind43 · 51-55, F
@ViciDraco It doesn't matter to me what she calls herself since I can't stand her lol.
ViciDraco · 36-40, M
@ravenwind43 agreed.
SW-User
I think people who follow such beliefs equate it with order and stability.
SW-User
@ViciDraco True. That’s why I think the order they believe in is good v bad.
katielass · F
It's been popular among dumdums all along.
bijouxbroussard · F
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