So it looks like Trump has read the fascist playbook or something. I’m not surprised. I am concerned.

Edit: After thinking about it, I guess I am surprised that he can read.

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    The problem is, we’re rapidly approaching the final consequences of the “lesser of two evils” and “don’t let perfect be the enemy of good” strategy.

    There is no more kicking the can down the road. The far-right’s most insidious poison, “centrism”, has run its course to basically every part of our nation’s body over the last forty years and our institutions are too weak to properly repel fascism.

    Biden has lost the support of huge swaths of Arab Americans in key swing states. His polling has been abysmally low for a while, but his funding of genocide might be the final straw that effectively plunges us into permanent fascism.

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      Biden is plunging America into fascism? I was pretty sure this article was about Trump and the GOP but perhaps I misread it.

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        Ya, and the article is a propaganda post to scare you into accepting and being complicit in genocide.

        Biden and Trump are both fascists.

        We kept voting lesser evil and now both parties are fascist.

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            Acting in defiance of the votes and voice of the constituents. Funding genocide and working to do so unilaterally behind closed doors.

            Yup. Sounds pretty fascist to me.

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              The majority of Americans support Israel, so they are not acting against the interests or voice of their constituents.

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                Are you sure about that?

                The majority of Americans are supporting the Palestinian genocide right now?

                Every report I have heard is that Biden’s already abysmal approval rating TANKED the moment he started funding the genocide.

                Last I checked, the average American is pretty anti-genocide.

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                  Yes, Biden had 50% approval among democrats for his handling of the current conflict, and the majority of Republicans have always supportes Israel over Palestine.

                  Also not everyone agrees it’s a genocide.

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                    Centralized autocratic government. Unilaterally funding genocide against the wishes of the people. That is fascism. That is what both sides of the aisle are doing in America today. Biden happens to be in the drivers seat today.

                    11,000 unaffiliated civilians murdered in 1.5 months and Netanyahu is loudly ramping up. Sounds like genocide to me.