https://www.salon.com/2022/10/25/norman-say-no-to-fascism/

Apparently the democratic party sucks but we should vote for them anyway and it’s your fault if democrats lose.

It’s accurate to say that the neoliberalism of the Democratic Party has been creating and exacerbating conditions that fuel right-wing engines. But at certain times — which definitely include the next two weeks, through Election Day on Nov. 8 — electoral battles come to a decisive fork in the road. We will be living with the consequences of this crossroads for the rest of our lives.

What’s their plan for restoring abortion rights? What’s the plan for voting rights? What’s the plan for protecting trans people right now? What’s the plan for a living wage? What’s the plan for net zero carbon in 10 years? What’s the plan for convincing millennials and gen z that their grandchildren will be able to survive on the surface of this planet? What’s the plan for housing the growing homeless population? What’s the plan for healthcare as a universal right? What’s the plan for ending inflation while achieving full employment?

The real gaslighter is someone that tells me to support a party whose leadership endorses pro life candidates against a backdrop of Roe v Wade being overturned. The real gaslighter is Nancy Pelosi saying we need a strong republican party every time she appears in public. Good news Nancy, you’re about to get your wish!

China is an authoritarian country with no democracy.

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by bringing up neoliberalism, this gaslighting lib writer is doing a classic maneuver identified by Roland Barthes as “inoculation”: admit “a little bit of evil in an institution so as to ward off awareness of its fundamental problems”

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It’s accurate to say that the neoliberalism of the Democratic Party has been creating and exacerbating conditions that fuel right-wing engines.

Doesn’t this undermine the rest of their argument? lmao

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The big issue is that neoliberals are literally just fascist policies under a liberal guise. So it’s just, ‘Which flavor of facism do you prefer?’

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Basically they argue that we can’t let fascists win yet, but we still have to enable the party that will ensure that they’re a growing threat until they seize power.

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