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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Just vote blue no matter who!(even if they're fascist)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

that's right, what's most important is to make sure the right flavor of fascism is in power

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

if everything is fascism. fascism is meaningless good job with undermining your own Tagline.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Another liberal thinking they can vote their way out of fascism. 🤡

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

yes that's the whole point or you would just life in a dictatorship i know you have no problem with that if its the correct kind of dictatorship even if that comes back to bite you in your ass in the end. but i would like to keep my liberal democracy its just better for everyone even you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe spend a bit of time educating yourself on how dictatorships actually take power in society. Liberal democracies being dictatorships of capital, quickly pull off their mask in times of crisis. Freedom under liberalism primarily refers to freedom of those who own private property to exploit others for their benefit. The imposition of the capitalist system that is at the root of liberalism is fundamentally based on violence and coercion, forcing individuals to conform to its principles or face dire consequences.

Liberalism has two distinct aspects: political liberalism, which champions individual freedom and democracy, and economic liberalism, which is synonymous with capitalism. While appearing compatible when fighting against oppressive regimes, the two faces of liberalism clash once power is attained. Political liberties are inevitably sacrificed to protect the economic interests of the ruling class.

When threatened by populism, liberalism readily abandons its political ideals in favor of preserving the capitalist economic system. It ultimately serves as nothing more than a mask for capitalism, concealing its exploitative nature behind a facade of individual freedom and democracy.

The concept of property, central to liberalism, is presented as a cornerstone of freedom. However, it ignores the fact that individual property can represent a theft from the community, and its protection justifies state violence. Liberalism’s commitment to freedom of expression is undermined by its legal and constitutional protections of property, which remove the issue of property rights from the realm of political discourse.

And once the capitalist system falls into a crisis as it is doing now in the US, then liberalism reveals its true face which is fascism.

https://orgrad.wordpress.com/articles/liberalism-the-two-faced-tyranny-of-wealth/