RIP Democracy

[Marchimedes]

Do you have a crystal ball? You do realize that claiming you have a crystal ball makes you look nuts, don't you?

They could actually have a crystal ball. They make them.

 

[Marchimedes]

After the four years of fascism

Again...

what is your definition of fascism?

I say it matters.

 

[BackAgain]

I say it matters.

The definitionS of fascism are not consistent.

Here’s one:

• noun an authoritarian system of government under absolute control of a single dictator, allowing no political opposition, forcibly suppressing dissent, and rigidly controlling most industrial and economic activities. Such regimes usually try to achieve popularity by a strongly nationalistic appeal, often mixed with racism.

From: fascism — definition, examples, related words and more at Wordnik

If we managed (left and right) to agree to a single definition, I suppose we might generally have to concede that President Trump is obviously not a “fascist,” and, by that same metric, we’d also have to concede that even ex-President Joe “Potato” Brandon wasn’t a fascist either.

Which present day major political party in America is more fascist oriented? My vote is the Democrats Party.

 

[BluesLegend]

Wait, are Dems claiming democracy is kaput again?

 

[Marchimedes]

The definitionS of fascism are not consistent.

Fail. This is why I ask simple questions.

Fascism is Mother government control over the means of production.

Just ask Mussolini.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Bad news Bud, those fires are lefty loons torching Tesla's and Tesla dealerships. Even better those loons will be spending years behind bars.

More felons who won't be voting I the future

 

[Marchimedes]

Project 2025 lays it all out.

There it is. Folks like you, Mr. Observer, know far more about Project 2025 than conservatives like I do.

How about you just go ahead and tell me my secret plan?

 

[whitehall]

Again...



I say it matters.

"Fascist" is a name drug addicts shout when they arrested but he traditional definition of Fascism is "government control over the production and distribution of goods and services. That's exactly what happened when a mentally impaired president trusted a power hungry doctor during Covid and businesses closed and people lost jobs and schools were terminated for the duration. Christians who thought they could congregate in peace were subject to arrest by fascist bureaucrats.

 

[Marchimedes]

Pantifa is planning violens.

WTF? Are they playing violins or planning violence?

It matters cause I been hoarding bow wax AND bullets.

 

[The Duke]

Well,
Apparently the race baiting BLM wasn't working enough to cause riots so now the lefties have to go out and do it themselves.
It's not a good look....

First they want us to stop using gasoline engines and buy EVs. Then they begin torching and destroying EVs....

Ummmm.....nobody is buying anything they are selling anymore.

They wanted to piss off the Normies. Well, good job, dumbasses.

 

[sparky]

I don' know you from Adam, just asking, what is your definition of fascism?

>>BA nailed it>>>

The definitionS of fascism are not consistent.

This is why it's so insidious , no sane population would vote it in.....

This is why I ask simple questions.

well, there is no simple answer

~S~

 

[BackAgain]

Fail. This is why I ask simple questions.

Fascism is Mother government control over the means of production.

Just ask Mussolini.

No.

Fascism doesn’t “mean” what you want it to mean just because that’s what you want.

How about a link to your preferred definition?

 

[BackAgain]

Wait, are Dems claiming democracy is kaput again?

It is one of their “go to” lies.

 

[Concerned American]

However the US got here, you have to recognize where it is now at.

If you think the first few weeks of Trump have been catastrophic, wait till you see what is coming next.

Trump is going to knock down every tenet of freedom and democracy. Just think of what you conceive of as 'the worst he can do',
and double it.
He is like a crazy arsonist, lighting bonfires across town, the populace runs around in panic trying to douse the flames, and he just goes
to another street and lights another fire. If you spend all your time running after fires with a bucket of sand and never catch the
arsonist, he is winning. Soon he will have burnt down the whole town.
Democracy has worked as long as people respected the checks and balances, and behaved like gentlemen. Having given power
to a a madman who is defying every moral, ethical, and constitutional tenet of democracy, who is bent on defying the rules, a gentlemanly
response is not going to work.
He has broken the law, defied the courts, done away with due process, corrupted the congress and ended constitutional authority,
and is bent on ending the rule of law. And he is doing it at a pace that the system cannot keep pace with.

He is openly kowtowing to Putin, whose methods and system he intends to duplicate. He talks about Canada exactly as Putin talked
about Ukraine. He is openly advocating building a new empire, just like Putin, taking over Greenland, Canada, Panama, and who knows what next
In my view, it is too late already, America is cactus
If Bernie and AOC and others bring people to the streets, Trump will use Putins' playbook, using the military, and finally torch America
to the ground. Project 2025 lays it all out.

Use your imagination, Leave NATO? Drop the sanctions? Help Russia? Even worse is coming.

You're an Ex Pat, WTF do you care? Run away Rosie, good riddance.

 

[Concerned American]

Correct.

Indeed, last November we witnessed a catastrophic failure of democracy, the consequence of democracy’s greatest weakness: the voters.

Because of the fear, ignorance, and stupidity of the voters, we have the return of the fascist Trump regime; an illiberal autocrat and enemy of democracy, Trump is unfit to be president.

January 19, 2025---THE END OF AN ERROR.

 

[Marchimedes]

Fascism doesn’t “mean” what you want it to mean just because that’s what you want.

Again...

Fascism is Mother government control over the means of production.

I want fascism to mean that when I hold out my hand Pamala Anerson gives me a beer and rubs up against me.

How about a link to your preferred definition?

Again...

Just ask Mussolini.

You know? The coiner of the term?

That's a fasci. That's a type of hatchet/axe in Italian. Again cause of Mussolini. Yes I just happen to have that image laying around for moments like this.

This is a PDF of "The Doctrine of Fascism" by Benito Mussolini in 1932:

https://sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/2B-HUM/Readings/The-Doctrine-of-Fascism.pdf

Just go ahead and interweb search the question "First use of the term Fascism."

I could go on but we're missing stupid $h!t up in here so it's your turn.

 

[Marchimedes]

Do you have a crystal ball?

They're practically giving them away on Amazon.

Hey man, are you the same independent that used to be at LF.org? I was teacher there.

 

[Independent thinker]

They're practically giving them away on Amazon.

Hey man, are you the same independent that used to be at LF.org? I was teacher there.

Not sure if that is a joke that went over my head or not but I don't know what an LF.org even is.

 

[Marchimedes]

The definitionS of fascism are not consistent.

Of course they're not. The left had to make up some so they could call Baby Jesus one.

Here’s one:

• noun an authoritarian system of government under absolute control of a single dictator, allowing no political opposition, forcibly suppressing dissent, and rigidly controlling most industrial and economic activities. Such regimes usually try to achieve popularity by a strongly nationalistic appeal, often mixed with racism.

That's fine though I would include...

Fascism is Mother government control over the means of production.

If we managed (left and right) to agree to a single definition,

Fu(k the left, there already is a definition and I just laid out the genesis of it. Still...

I could go on

we’d also have to concede that even ex-President Joe “Potato” Brandon wasn’t a fascist either.

Oh bull$h!t.

Signs order. Not Bill.

That's fascism.

Are we done here?

 

[BackAgain]

Of course they're not. The left had to make up some so they could call Baby Jesus one.



That's fine though I would include...





Fu(k the left, there already is a definition and I just laid out the genesis of it. Still...





Oh bull$h!t.

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Signs order. Not Bill.

That's fascism.

Are we done here?

No.

I get your gist. But, no. Biden’s actions were ignorant and wrong headed. But that’s not the same as fascist.

No we can de done.