• superniceperson@sh.itjust.works
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    8 days ago

    Trump isn’t the problem. He’s too stupid and too old to have planned enough or worked hard enough to accomplish the things he has.

    Fascism was happening in the US regardless of if it was wrapped in a golden toilet or not.

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      8 days ago

      Well it relied on trump being in power to take effect. Having a useful idiot in the executive opens a lot of doors. I don’t see how the Republicans could seize power without him, Vance wasn’t ever going to win on his own.

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        8 days ago

        It just takes someone popular. Under Bush jr, Biden’s patriot act was passed and brought the US into the early stages of outright fascism. Under Obama state and corporate power fully combined when people had to start paying corporations for the right to have healthcare or be fined. Under trump this all has only expanded.

        Fascists don’t need a useful idiot, they just need someone popular. And guess what’s just a popularity contest?