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Eyeball_Kid

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9. It's customary,
Wed Jan 22, 2025, 11:07 AM
Jan 22

and even predictable that fascists reveal their fascism while simultaneously denying their love of fascism. Trump's inner circle has been doing this for years. Musk has the necessary arrogance, exposure, selfishness, and lack of humility that places him in the forefront of the domestic fascism movement.

The GOP doesn't abhor fascism. Because Trump is the only avenue for them to maintain power, they're along for the ride. They'll take fascism and dictatorship because it's all they have. They're embracing it. Any references to decency and morality are short-lived. It's raw power that provokes them to be "in love" with fascism. They'll stick with it until the house that they're building crumbles to dust.

Quite frankly, this moment in our nation's life was a long time coming. We never had the fortitude to seriously restrain the wealthy from overtaking the levers of governing. Little by little, over the decades since WWII, politicians have shown only minor resistance to the rise and dominance of corporatism. In essence, the power of money has overtaken all other factors in political life. Bribery (Trump believes that bribery should be legal.) has overtaken "lobbying", unregulated corporate behavior is now redefined as a new "freedom", reduced taxes on corporations and the wealthy are the new avenues to "American prosperity", and the working and middle class can go to hell. This is where we are.

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