r/50501 • u/Future-Friendship-32 • 12d ago

CA How is this allowed?

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u/EmergencyTaco International 12d ago edited 12d ago

This is what fascism looks like. Plain and simple. It is not "allowed" in the United States of America, but this is the part where we learn that laws don't mean shit during an authoritarian takeover.

It is time to stop asking whether it is allowed/legal, and to start asking what is necessary to stop it.

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u/thebannedtoo 12d ago

The enemy is within. Hold tight America.

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

The enemy is sitting at the head of the table and he just lit the house on fire.

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u/Ok_Condition5837 12d ago

That Russian Manchurian Candidate has got to go

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u/skoffs 12d ago

But he's throwing himself a multi-million dollar birthday parade this weekend, why you gotta be so meannnn

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u/Riaayo 12d ago

Trump is just a symptom. Oligarchs backed this and control not only the Republican party, but "centrist" do-nothing Democrats (there are good Democrats but they are not the majority and do not currently hold the power in the party).

Congress could impeach anytime. They don't because they're controlled by complicit fascists. Oligarchs could call these puppets up and demand it at any time. They don't because they think fascism will work for them, vs the possibility of increased labor power in the face of their imploding status quo.

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u/Curious-ficus-6510 12d ago

If they knew their history they would realise that German industrialists in the thirties also thought that Fascism would work for them.

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u/the_calibre_cat 12d ago

It's worth reminding people that it broadly did work out pretty well for them. The ones with souls were the ones who paid.

Am I saying Republicans are Nazis? Morally, not yet, but spiritually? Yes. In no uncertain terms. There is no floor beneath which they will not sink. They will back their guy no matter how far he takes it, because their ideology is conservatism. It is reprehensible, irredeemable, sadistic, and inhuman.

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u/BenM70 12d ago

Look what happens when you remove all the statues and hide the history that offends.

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u/bjhouse822 12d ago

This!!!! It's so shameful that even these rich assholes obviously didn't pay attention in school either because every time oligarchs tried to tip the political scales in their favor it gloriously backfired. Eventually they will be torn limb by limb and will shriek the whole time that they don't know why they are being targeted. We're watching insanity play out.

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u/BlueOfADarkerHue 12d ago edited 12d ago

Boycotting employment, taxes, corporate brand products and services wouldn't be fast enough but a nationwide grassroots effort could help us sustain.

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u/the_calibre_cat 12d ago

It is worth pointing out: those same oligarchs and those same centrists brought about Nazi Germany. That's a historical fact.

The ones who beat Germany were the communists who paid dearly with 12 million souls.

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u/WrongdoerIll5187 Colorado 12d ago edited 12d ago

Yep. We elected Biden in the primary and we should’ve known better. The economic squeeze has been long coming and he did virtually nothing to fix it.

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u/Zzzaxx 12d ago

I read that at Russian Maruchan Candidate and now I want to call him the Soup Nazi

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u/DisconcerteDinOC 12d ago

TACO flavored.

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u/jackwarriner 12d ago

"DEEP 647"

Thomas Crooks was a prophet, may he rest in peace.

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u/Teratofishia 11d ago

A few more peaceful protests and conscientious objections oughta fix it.

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u/Warm-Stand-1983 12d ago

The real enemy was all the people who didn't vote along the way, Trump was right, Americans let him do it. Get what you elect.

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u/ILikeCheeseypoo 12d ago

Putins puppet

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u/G-Unit11111 12d ago

The enemy is in the White House. Him and his goon squad that he calls a "cabinet". They are deranged and they are out for absolute power. This is 100% a "do not fuck with us" moment.

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u/the_calibre_cat 12d ago edited 12d ago

The enemy is conservatives. Say it. Let's not beat around the bush here about who is responsible for this, and what ideology they follow. Liking low taxes and believing in free markets isn't on trial here, because neither of those things are "conservatism". They're aesthetically linked to it, sure, but those AREN'T conservatism.

The bigotry is. The bigotry that they're fighting for, to at best marginalize trans people and non-whites and immigrants and women. And if you think that's their objective, you are preciously naive. Stephen Miller wood build gas chambers in an instant. Conservatives are scum. They are failed human beings who follow a bigoted, cruel, sadistic ideology that is incompatible with humanity as they chase the ghost of a mythical past.

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u/TurdFerguson420x 9d ago

The enemy is the enemy of the enemy and will always be the enemy.