The problem with believing in unsubstantiated conspiracy theories, as you appear to do, is that you make bad decisions based on them, as Trump did during the Covid pandemic, and more tragically as his followers, who paid for their false beliefs about covid and vaccines with their lives.
Tom Palmer: " First off, I'd like to retire the term fascism as a term of contemporary discourse that's just become so degraded. I think right-wing collectivism is more helpful." It's true that extremists on the left used to call everyone on the right, even moderates, fascists, but most people on the left don't do this. A year ago it was considered iffy to call Trump a Fascist, but today Trump's echoing of Nazi propaganda has confirmed the truth of this accusation. Put simply, a Fascist is someone who glorifies violence, rejects democratic institutions and the rule of law, and delights in spreading lies and conspiracy theories about their favorite low-status groups: Jews, Mexicans, refugees, muslims, or whatever. Just because a few extremists have over-used the term doesn't mean it isn't a valuable label. The parallels between Trump and Hitler are ominous, including Trump's support of QAnon conspiracy theories, his massive output of lies, his refusal to concede defeat in a legitimately held democratic election, his incitement of an insurrection, his total rejection of the rule of law, and his plan to build huge "camps" to "concentrate" all the illegal immigrants.
Mostly they're concerned about the wokesheveks destroying everything during the ongoing campaign to create a utopian society. Yes, the right are living in the past no doubt, but they're not wrong about everything. FWIW/IMHO human identity politics as a whole are obsolete, the planet is dying from human identity politics and all sides are living in the past and living in denial about industrial civilization and pollution. Stop identifying as human and start saving the planet.🌲💀🌲
What’s “ugly” about Classical liberal rhetoric?
The problem with believing in unsubstantiated conspiracy theories, as you appear to do, is that you make bad decisions based on them, as Trump did during the Covid pandemic, and more tragically as his followers, who paid for their false beliefs about covid and vaccines with their lives.
Tom Palmer: " First off, I'd like to retire the term fascism as a term of contemporary discourse that's just become so degraded. I think right-wing collectivism is more helpful." It's true that extremists on the left used to call everyone on the right, even moderates, fascists, but most people on the left don't do this. A year ago it was considered iffy to call Trump a Fascist, but today Trump's echoing of Nazi propaganda has confirmed the truth of this accusation. Put simply, a Fascist is someone who glorifies violence, rejects democratic institutions and the rule of law, and delights in spreading lies and conspiracy theories about their favorite low-status groups: Jews, Mexicans, refugees, muslims, or whatever. Just because a few extremists have over-used the term doesn't mean it isn't a valuable label. The parallels between Trump and Hitler are ominous, including Trump's support of QAnon conspiracy theories, his massive output of lies, his refusal to concede defeat in a legitimately held democratic election, his incitement of an insurrection, his total rejection of the rule of law, and his plan to build huge "camps" to "concentrate" all the illegal immigrants.
Mostly they're concerned about the wokesheveks destroying everything during the ongoing campaign to create a utopian society. Yes, the right are living in the past no doubt, but they're not wrong about everything. FWIW/IMHO human identity politics as a whole are obsolete, the planet is dying from human identity politics and all sides are living in the past and living in denial about industrial civilization and pollution. Stop identifying as human and start saving the planet.🌲💀🌲