Just hundreds? I figured the fascism was a little more blatant
Watch out guys, if we keep letting our presidents openly commit crimes without consequence and send legal citizens to death camps on a whim, we might someday eventually end up becoming authoritarian!
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bad instead of stating the fact the US was always a breeding ground for fascism and bowing down to capitalistsAnd what would you suggest as an alternative to capitalism? (genuinely curious)
The divide between rich & poor seems to be expanding.
Communism, plain and simple.
Capitalism, and the capitalists that own the real estate and goods production, will cozy up to fascist regimes to protect their investments and profits, every time. There will always be someone who takes the money and the fascists will gladly trade money for the legitimacy that the capitalists provide.
but communism is authoritarian?
Communism is not designed nor intended to accumulate power to either a small group of people or a dictator of that’s what you mean by authoritarian. Communism establishes that the common people hold the power over the elite/rich because otherwise, the rich and elite will use their money and therefore power to erode any gains the people make.
Communism is authoritarian?
What do you mean by authoritarian?
That being said, private property is also authoritarian and requires a wall of guys with guns between piles of food and shelter and starving people looking for housing.
US has always been authoritarian if you aren’t wealthy and preferably white. Ask the black panthers, MOVE, George Floyd, the victims of McCarthyism, those killed at Blair Mountain, native Americans…
