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Re:The case against crisis-mongering by Guthur on Saturday August 14, 2021 @11:16AM (#28181290)
And some also apply to the current incumbent so I'm not really sure what we should draw from that.
Re:The case against crisis-mongering by AstralStorm on Saturday August 14, 2021 @11:25AM (#28181377)
You should recognize them as fascist adjacent, as they rightly are.

Most of the things on the list are actively bad in any political system. Half of them are inexcusable. A few are essentially descriptions of populism being acted upon, and a few are typical reactionary features.

For example, current Polish governing party fits: 1, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14.

Re:The case against crisis-mongering by spamizbad on Saturday August 14, 2021 @11:29AM (#28181403)
The US is a democracy but it’s always been flirty with fascist elements. So it’s no surprise you can look at the American government, under any president, and see some fascistic elements at work.
Re:The case against crisis-mongering by OrvalWintermute on Saturday August 14, 2021 @12:05PM (#28181714)
We also support socialistic elements too.

In the Marxist sense, we are a synthesis . Our competition is most likely the Chinese Communists which have broadly adopted capitalism, but retain the oligarchic power structures at the top, and state control of enterprises. They represent a different synthesis

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Re:The case against crisis-mongering by zzyzxxz on Saturday August 14, 2021 @12:02PM (#28181690)
It's more fair to compare Presidents with George Washington than with their predecessors. I can't imagine George Washington standing in front of a church holding a bible upside-down, or advocating that people ought to put cleaning fluids into their lungs.
Re:The case against crisis-mongering by krapp on Saturday August 14, 2021 @12:26PM (#28181892)
I see what you're trying to do, but be careful... while Trump may have cheated his employees (according to affidavits from the many lawsuits against him,) George Washington owned men as slaves.