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[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (61 children)

Some of the comments in this thread really tell you why it takes a novel laureate to say this. Some of y'all do not have a basic understanding of history, economic systems, or what the term reactionary actually means.

The correct response to "neo liberal capitalism has contributed to the rise of fascism" should be "no shit, Sherlock"

It's truly sad that that isn't 100% of the comments here.

Scratch a liberal and a fascist bleed, y'all. That doesn't mean all liberals are fascist, that means that fascism is an outgrowth of liberalism.

And just in case y'all also don't know what that means, "liberalism" in that context isn't "Obama liberal, Bush conservative," it means the political ideology of liberalism, of which both Bush and Obama were proponents of.

ETA: I'm not engaging anymore.. it's not my job to teach y'all the difference between an economic system and authoritarian states. Also, your magic has no power here, I am an anarchist, not a stalinist. Please educate yourselves. If for no other reason, do it to make it easier to pwn the tankies or whatever the fuck

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

exactly this just the natural end result of capitalism, the end goal has always been complete control by the ruling class.

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