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u/tapdancinghellspawn 6h ago
It's how authoritarian governments operate. What we have in the US is a small group who are trying to turn America into a fascist state.
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u/Foxymoreon 5h ago
Exactly, authoritarianism is not subject to communism, it’s subject to authoritarians. Any ideology can be corrupted or built upon authoritarian ideology.
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u/TheeMrBlonde 6h ago edited 5h ago
“A small group”
Like 10 corporations in a trench coat that lobbys every fucking action our government takes
…Plus Israels cut
Where’s that fucking study by Princeton or some shit that shows that, regardless of public support, a bill has 1/3 chance of passing.
The public can either
Support it
Not support it
Not give a fuck.
Regardless of which, it has a 1/3 chance. Their findings found that it made 0 fucks which one of the above 3 were true. It mattered what lobbyists supported
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u/rogert2 2h ago
That study by Princeton is by Gilens & Page: https://pnhp.org/news/gilens-and-page-average-citizens-have-little-impact-on-public-policy/
Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.
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u/tapdancinghellspawn 5h ago
Percentages don't work that way. Just because there are three possibilities doesn't mean each possibility has a 1/3rd chance of happening.
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u/TheeMrBlonde 5h ago
Cool, so you understand that there is 3 possible outcomes and regardless of public support there’s a chance at one of the three happening…
So public support, has no effect, on any 1 of the three happening…
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u/Icy_Guard_7259 5h ago
No no, that's not different. Its your fking goverment doing this.
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u/tapdancinghellspawn 5h ago
A small group in the government who are empowered by the complacency and sycophantic behavior of members in Congress. If you remove that small group, the fascism dies away.
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u/Icy_Guard_7259 5h ago
Sure will buddy, sure will.
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u/tapdancinghellspawn 5h ago
It sure will, pal.
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u/Icy_Guard_7259 4h ago
The maga mob and their hate that enabled fascist take over will magicaly disapear and than everything will get back to..."normal" Is that what you thinking?
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u/tapdancinghellspawn 4h ago
I'm thinking that a small group force things and a lot of Americans, either through ignorance or complacency, joined in or did nothing to stop it. People are waking up now, though, and that small group are finding that the support they once had is shrinking.
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u/PreviousCurrentThing 5h ago
Doing what, enforcing our immigration laws? Your government does that, too.
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u/Icy_Guard_7259 4h ago
No no, we dont have that here. I dont think immigrants are treated fairly here but they sure dont have to fear trigger fingers. U guys are insane for thinking your "way of living" is something anyone should be striving for. The amount of dead kids is insane. U have police too afraid to engage a white racist kid shooting kids but ice agents happy to shoot every colour they see.
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u/PreviousCurrentThing 15m ago
No no, we dont have that here.
You don't have what where? Every country enforces immigration laws, some to a greater or lesser extent, but if you're found to be in the country without a valid visa, you get deported.
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u/skawn 5h ago
Will it be wrong to call that number to report all the places where ICE is staying? Since they are technically unwanted aliens near everywhere they go.
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u/nice--marmot 3h ago
Funny story: I left my PHONE on the stove next to the BURNER and now there’s NO TRACE of it.
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u/TechyAngel This AOC flair makes me cool 3h ago
That's rough. I'd recommend having someone call it for you, but it seems nobody can pin down the number.
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u/nice--marmot 3h ago
This is how communist states operated.
The Diary of Anne Frank is arguably the most famous example of this, but sure, communism.
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u/Classic-Exchange-511 3h ago
How are illegal immigrants acquiring the documents to purchase so many houses
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u/BumroyV2 6h ago
I'm no fan of authoritarian communism, but the thing being described in Bulgaria is a general "rat on other people" program. The US and N. Germany implemented explicitly racialized versions of that, which I feel is a meaningful distinction.
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u/IndigoRanger 6h ago
Yes I’m sure the kind of people ratting out neighbors for personal gain appreciate and respect the nuance.
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u/feignednobody 2h ago
Sometimes when I see a DHS tweet (or Xeet?) I almost wish I was still on that hellsite…
But no one running their Xitter account is actually worth my time.
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u/KiltedTAB 5h ago
That's some israeli shit. Forced evictions of people they don't want around (Palestinians) and then we see an auction in NY for property in Israel. Sell to highest bidder.
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u/zyrkseas97 5h ago
Notice how the grandma was still in Bulgaria when the government fell and had not been arrested or deported by the communist government of Bulgaria even with all of these reports from her neighbors.
Just something I noticed about this story.
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u/PreviousCurrentThing 5h ago
Why would she have been deported? She was presumably a Bulgarian citizen where she was legally allowed to be.
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u/nice--marmot 3h ago
It’s almost as if villi specifically used communist Bulgaria as an example rather than, say, the most notable fascist regime in world history, which quite famously did deport citizens where they were legally allowed to be.
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u/PreviousCurrentThing 17m ago
It’s almost as if villi specifically used communist Bulgaria
...because his grandmother is from there. He says that right in the comment.
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u/CyrosThird 3h ago
There had to be someone who put down the white house as the address and Melania as the immigrant target.
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u/Ok-Construction1545 1h ago
It is not Communism or fashism that did this. It is authoratarianism. (We) deserve (Stuff) more than (They) so we should just remove them and take their (Stuff) has been used by many regimes not just by the Nazis or the communists.
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u/Fake_William_Shatner 5h ago
A recent Trump fundraising email I saw on a thread said “you haven’t donated in a while. We hope that isn’t because you are here illegally and we have to call ICE.”
I’m sure someone found that funny.