At the end of every single one of these "grass roots," "populist" campaigns to *check notes* protect capitalism, capitalists, patriarchal power, white supremacy and the right for cracker nazis to meet out hot death on a whim, is literally some rich nazi with a checkbook. Every single one. Are there rubes? Sure. Are there pigfucking monsters who just agree with them? Sure. But they're losers, cranks, weirdos, absolutely not "everyone around you"
They paying to look like a movement. It's rich ppl
@Probertd8 @AnarchoNinaWrites Merriam-Webster and Wikipedia both have very solid descriptions.
I had to explain the modern re-emergence of fascism to my dad at one point, and those can help if you have trouble summing it up.
@AnarchoNinaWrites I'm following you for two reasons.
1. The content of the above toot.
2. "Horse pucky".
Not neccessarily in that order.
Regards.
@mollyjongfast called the unelectable GOP candidates the future "Pundit industrial complex" on Sunday's Mehdi Hasan show.
As billionaires buy elections to install fascist despots & fry the planet.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/29/investing/billionaires-debt-ceiling/index.html
https://www.thestreet.com/technology/billionaire-jack-dorsey-says-america-has-a-problem-elon-musk-names-it
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/international-business/article-georgian-billionaire-awarded-us926-million-from-credit-suisse-after/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gigizamora/2023/05/25/the-billionaire-behind-nvidia-gets-65-billion-richer-in-a-day-as-shares-soar-amid-an-ai-chip-boom/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhyatt/2023/05/26/exclusive-inside-a-chinese-billionaires-bizarre-maneuvers-to-save-his-texas-land/?sh=8fcbb6913cee
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-25/reclusive-30-billion-tycoon-suffers-dual-blows-as-amlo-circles
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-25/billionaire-buys-stake-in-mexico-s-mega-oil-field-from-talos