• acargitz@lemmy.ca
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    16 days ago

    This is silly. There is a meaningful difference between bourgeois democracy and fascism.

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          16 days ago

          There is a difference. But they are part of the same tool.

          Therefore drawing the distinction isn’t particularly poignant.

          Even if you’re a tree, and the handle is made of wood.

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            16 days ago

            A stick is an essential part of an axe but not a sufficient one. And the same handle can be used to make different tools. Axes, hammers, mallets, etc. And you can use a stick for non aggressive tasks, like a measurement stick, or a door prop, or a tiny pole for a tiny tent for Chihuahuas. And even when used as a weapon, well you tell me if you’d rather battle a fighter wielding an axe or one wielding just the handle of an axe.

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        16 days ago

        Your line is the soviet line before Barbarossa. Are we really going to re-litigate WW2 here?

        Edit: lol, you want a meme? The top panel would be the bourgeois/Democrats+traditional-GOP using a water cannon on the working class. The bottom panel would be the fascists/MAGA-Republicans using an actual cannon. Like I said, a meaningful difference.

        Edit2: your meme by the way, absolutely accurate up until about 2024.

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          The crackdown on campus protests against genocide under the Biden administration was a timbre change. I see Republicans and Democrats as enabling friends. US politics are weird.