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US ‘must prepare for war’ – Pentagon chief (www.rt.com)

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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yes, this new wealth is imaginary – and it’s vitally important we don’t recognise this.

Sorry for throwing a lot at you.

The bottom line is that the US is an oligarchy, and has just handed the keys to actual, real fascists. The ways we can oppose them have been radically reduced. The first step is to learn what’s happening and what it means.

I get it, you’re fine. It’s overwhelming. But the old rules do not apply, and that’s important to recognise.

e: we are heading over a very specific and predictable bridge, from which there are almost no off-ramps and which is beginning to collapse behind us.

[–] limer@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

But the old rules do not apply, and that’s important to recognise.

Maybe. People do not change that much; power structures change slower. For me it’s hard to tell what is happening.

The bottom line is that the US is an oligarchy, and has just handed the keys to actual, real fascists.

I don’t know if much has changed, my family is from the old Deep South, where blacks were not allowed in town after sundown or they were shot. Lots of what was common three generations ago would be front page news today.

That, and given how the average worker has suffered even today. These things we call fascism are not that impressive to me. Not yet.