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> threatens the republic The USA isn’t and hasn’t been a republic in quite a long time. The USA is financialist semi-fascist oligarchy, and operates as such re

by BirAdam 11mo ago

> threatens the republic The USA isn’t and hasn’t been a republic in quite a long time. The USA is financialist semi-fascist oligarchy, and operates as such regardless of who’s voted into power.

colechristensen 11mo ago
ok comrade
- viraptor 11mo ago
  Ideas exist between those two extremes. You really don't become a communist by pointing out issues with unconstrained capitalism.
  - colechristensen 11mo ago
    No, I'm insulting the edgelord response of "we're aktually an olIGarChY!!!!11!" which adds nothing.
    - cartoonworld 11mo ago
      The preferred response is to downvote and move on. Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.
    - BirAdam 11mo ago
      So, I was quite specific. The USA isn’t capitalist, it’s financialist. The dollar is a financial product created via debt issuance. The USA is semi-fascist as most people in prison aren’t given a trial, there’s a prison industrial complex, police are typically immune from prosecution, and there’s a massive surveillance apparatus that violates US law and human rights. This is wrapped in “patriotism” which is in keeping with fascist modes of propaganda, and the US corporate/state merger is a clear instance of the fascist model. The US is an oligarchy, and not a republic. No matter who is elected the wars continue, the drug war continues, poverty increases, mass incarceration continues, and so on. A republic is the “thing of the people”. The people of the USA have very little power over federal policy. The observed function is that a handful of wealthy oligarchs get what they want pretty much every time.
- cartoonworld 11mo ago
  Well, to steel man this a bit, Citizen’s United codified unlimited spending on political causes by nearly anyone. John Sirota has spent quite a bit of effort on journalism on this subject.

by BirAdam 11mo ago

colechristensen 11mo ago

ok comrade

viraptor 11mo ago
Ideas exist between those two extremes. You really don't become a communist by pointing out issues with unconstrained capitalism.
- colechristensen 11mo ago
  No, I'm insulting the edgelord response of "we're aktually an olIGarChY!!!!11!" which adds nothing.
  - cartoonworld 11mo ago
    The preferred response is to downvote and move on. Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.
  - BirAdam 11mo ago
    So, I was quite specific. The USA isn’t capitalist, it’s financialist. The dollar is a financial product created via debt issuance. The USA is semi-fascist as most people in prison aren’t given a trial, there’s a prison industrial complex, police are typically immune from prosecution, and there’s a massive surveillance apparatus that violates US law and human rights. This is wrapped in “patriotism” which is in keeping with fascist modes of propaganda, and the US corporate/state merger is a clear instance of the fascist model. The US is an oligarchy, and not a republic. No matter who is elected the wars continue, the drug war continues, poverty increases, mass incarceration continues, and so on. A republic is the “thing of the people”. The people of the USA have very little power over federal policy. The observed function is that a handful of wealthy oligarchs get what they want pretty much every time.
cartoonworld 11mo ago
Well, to steel man this a bit, Citizen’s United codified unlimited spending on political causes by nearly anyone. John Sirota has spent quite a bit of effort on journalism on this subject.