Soon, nazism, segregation, discrimination and other right wing nonsense will be straight up normalised like it’s no big deal.

  • ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml
    10·
    2 years ago

    Just strictly speaking about the US, It’ll take a little while, but I agree. Some areas in the South or rural segments probably a bit quicker. Rn, the Democrats have too much to gain by pointing at the Nazis and saying “you want these Republicans or us?” so for the time being, because there is no real left to threaten the far-right. But over time, as things get worse and people demand more help from their government, the far-right stuff will be used as a “well at least they aren’t Gommunists” and then that evolves into “well at least they’re fighting the gommunists” then if things don’t change they turn into “you don’t support the Nazis? Fuckin Commie”. None of this is a quick turn, which is why libs fall for this shit so often, they don’t wake up in LGBTQ-friendly Bronx and wake up in Nazi Germany, the far-right sentiment stews and rots within the country until the stink is unbearable and these libs will say “how did it ever get this way”

      • ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml
        6·
        2 years ago

        ABSOLUTELY! The US Left is so small and separated here. The Left side of the Democratic Party, which in no way can be misconstrued as communist or socialist by anyone with half a brain(hence the reason Republicans often call AOC a communist), do not challenge capital interests very much at the end of the day. AOC’s slogan (which I bought into when I was younger) was literally “TAX the rich” playing on the popular proletarian call to action that is “EAT The Rich”. She isn’t even hiding the fact that she upholds their wealth and their right to property on such a disgusting scale, she just wants it taxed a bit more, so the government gets its share to fund libraries and hospitals and schools (and like 5x that on military spending for what the US loves to do). The second that the US Left was a threat to capital interests, the far-right would be going all out.