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I keep trying to warn y'all but you won't listen. SMH
You keep trying to harm chances to avoid fascism. All you're doing is Trump posting.
you can't avoid fascism in the usa. it's already here.
Sure. But there's a difference between 1 minority political party and electing one President who promised to be a dictator who will almost certainly get rid of democracy. We still have a chance to get rid of fascism in the USA without a civil war or foreign intervention. November might change that.
>But there’s a difference between 1 minority political party and electing one President
we've been fascist for decades. it's not a minority political party, it's wall street, the intelligence apparatus, the military industrial complex, the prison industrial complex, the media conglomerates, the republicans, and the democrats.
voting for fascists won't stop fascism.
Oh ok then. You are conflating actual fascism, which we've seen, with regulatory capture. This isn't helpful but if you want to persist, it's going to get a LOT worse when the mask-off fascists get into power.
Fuck this and everything like it. If your solution is to vote third party or not vote you are supporting fascism and helping Trump get elected. There is no other interpretation.
Ever see the film Bulworth? Worth a watch.
https://youtu.be/XA62refAB2w
tl;dw - Warren Beatty plays a Democratic Senator going through a mental health crisis and starts saying outrageous things hoping to be killed.
Just from that clip, it looks like pretty on-the-nose political satire. I’m gonna have to put that on the watch list.