• treefrog@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Words have meaning in political discourse, and no, they’re not.

    They’re neo-liberals. Both fascism and neo-liberalism are totalitarian. The former is also authoritarian. And their ways of totalizing are different.

    Neo-liberalism appropriates everything that’s not itself and turns it into a commodity. This is its form of totalitarianism; colonialism and cultural appropriation for the sake of the ‘market’. I.e. theft.

    Fascism extinguishes everything that’s not itself. That is its form of totalitarianism, genocide. I.e. murder.

    Neither one particularly plays well with others (hence them both being totalitarian). And both are willing to steal and both are willing to murder. But the end goals of each are much different and fascism is much worse, as you know as a jewish person.

    And a Trump presidency would be a fascist one. With Trans people first on the chopping block after Trump’s political enemies.

    So, no. Both sides are not the same. And I’m also frustrated with the democrats. But yes, this is harm reduction. A neo-liberal or a fascist. Thieves or psychopaths. Those are the choices. Or vote third party. Or don’t vote. But in November, we know it will be Biden or Trump who gets the nomination.

    I’ll vote for the thief personally. Because I practice harm reduction and live in a swing state.