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Fascist policy grows in stagnant Liberal society. Right now, in many of the wealthiest nations we have two Liberal parties. (For instance the democrats and repu
by yareal 2y ago
Fascist policy grows in stagnant Liberal society. Right now, in many of the wealthiest nations we have two Liberal parties. (For instance the democrats and republicans in the US, which are both Liberalist parties.)
Without a more diverse political landscape, the government accelerates hard towards corporate power and centralization of wealth, at the expense of the worker and individual.
When individuals cannot seem to succeed, and start to get frustrated, they seek populist candidates. The sort of "I just wish someone would tear this all down and rule in my favor" candidates.
- Der_Einzige 2y agoTrump and trump era republicans do not believe in liberal democratic ideals or the englihtenment. They are not liberals. Trump would absolutely take absolute power if he thought he could get away with it. No, they’re not neoliberal either. Steve Bannon calls for a “deconstruction of the nation state” which is just pomo enough for me to believe that he is pretty much comic book evil.