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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 5 points 8 hours ago

Why won't she say the word "fascist"?

[–] drdalek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

He is not communistic at all. Dudes a fascist capitalist

Harris gets this but understands this fucks with MAGA

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 92 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Lady. He's a corporatistic oligarch's wet dream. I'm no fan of communism and I'm no fan of Trump, but that does not make Trump a communist.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago

Well, the Russian and Chinese Communist parties were really state capitalists, so maybe in that sense.

[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This has got to be about DT taking golden shares and 10% cuts from companies.

Kleptocracy may have been a better word, but like another poster above, this was probably to throw the c word at some republicans. They hate c words.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 13 points 1 day ago

Kleptocracy may have been a better word

Agreed.

What is with all of you who think a former senator with a law degree does not know what communism is and isn’t intentionally comparing him to a “communist dictator” because MAGA hates communism?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She knows what communism is. She knows this fucks with Trump’s base.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 32 points 1 day ago

she believed “titans of industry would be guardrails for our democracy.”

Spoken like a true useless centrist liberal. Spit on the left while licking boots on the right.

Here we can see how far to the right Democrats have gone using Republican rhetoric circa 2004. Another 10 years from now they'll be retweeting Trump's social media posts.

[–] tal@olio.cafe 36 points 1 day ago

I kind of feel that on the whole, if the Democrats are going to choose a battlefield, "who can more-effectively misrepresent the other side as communist" may not be the most favorable one.

[–] tuff_wizard@aussie.zone 36 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I feel like this is a ham fisted attempt at maga-style "communists are bad so everything I don't like is communist".

But he has a cult following, there is almost no way to break off any of the maga group, and now she looks like an idiot to anyone educated.

The democrats just need to run on a platform of "I'm not trump" to win the "left" vote and run a campaign of restoring government services in red states.

The democrats just need to run on a platform of "I'm not trump" to win the "left" vote and run a campaign of restoring government services in red states.

Oof. This is exactly why Republicans control the entire government. Turns out running on a platform of "I have no ideas or plans to change anything but at least the letter next to my name isn't an 'R'" doesn't motivate voters like you think it would.

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago

The democrats just need to run on a platform of “I’m not trump” to win the “left” vote and run a campaign of restoring government services in red states.

This has been proven to be false. Twice within the last decade even

The democrats just need to run on a platform of "I'm not trump" to win the "left" vote and run a campaign of restoring government services in red states.

This is exactly why they're actively becoming putrid ghouls and abandoning every progressive issue they can. They think that the left will side with them even when they have nothing left wing about them, because at least they aren't as fascist. I'm gonna be honest, they need to lose in the midterms, or we'll have 2 parties that deny climate change and hate minorities forever.

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago
[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 day ago (3 children)

She didn’t say that.

She did use the words “Communist dictator”, but she then described Trump as a tyrant, and in a way that you could easily infer that she was calling him a communist dictator but she didn’t directly say it. Of course, the press are running with it.

I think she’s trying to hog-whisper again and just like all the other attempts, they’re not landing with fucking anyone.

Just another over-media-trained, focus-group-brained Democrat. How can they be SO shit? Where’s the actual opposition party and why haven’t we supported it yet? How is someone else not mainstream?

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

Democracy sustains capitalism. Capitalism thrives in a democracy. And, right now, we are dealing with, as I called him at my speech on the Ellipse, a tyrant. We used to compare the strength of our democracy to communist dictators. That’s what we’re dealing with right now in Donald Trump.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Democrats are so fucking bad at winning, it's embarrassing

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

hog-whisper

Can't find what this means anywhere. Care to elaborate?

[–] dogbert@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

A “hog” is a conservative. “Hog-whisper” infers she is trying to appeal to conservatives with “communism bad” rhetoric.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I'm guessing it's some relative of a dog-whistle, idk in what way though.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

Political acumen of a worn tire.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Communist? Trump is many things. Many horrible, disgusting things. His political ideology is selfishness. His platform is greed.

Calling him Communist makes me think you don't know what Communist means, and have only ever heard it used as an insult. Like how "nimrod" has come to mean "stupid" because nobody got the reference when Bugs Bunny said it.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

nobody got the reference when Bugs Bunny said it.

To be fair, they were 8.

[–] dogbert@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 day ago

Okay grandma let’s get you back to bed now…

[–] cheeseburger@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

American headlines are full of Kamala lately to help her market her stupid book, as is tradition.

[–] apenstaartje@lemmy.cafe 8 points 1 day ago

The fuck? I mean Xi isn’t even a communist dictator. You gotta be a communist to be a communist dictator.

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Are political commentaries from a loser really useful?

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Media around the world has been filled with political commentaries from Trump. They're just mixing it up with the kind of loser

[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Please, feel free to enlighten us.

It may come as a shock, but Harris lost the 2024 election.

[–] nuggie_ss@lemmings.world 3 points 1 day ago

She lost and bears more responsibility than anyone else for why we're in this situation.

If she stepped aside for a better candidate, donald trump may very well have lost.

But that wouldn't be good for her or her rich buddies.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 5 points 1 day ago

Okay I think now I understand why she lost.

[–] Subdivide6857@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago

Dad must be proud.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago

Dictator yes. Communist? presses X

[–] nuggie_ss@lemmings.world 1 points 1 day ago

Can we stop giving her a spotlight, please?

She lost.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago

I knew it! The .ml gang are massive Trump fans.