@jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world • 5 months agoMan who set himself on fire outside Trump trial identified as ‘researcher’ who posted conspiracy-laden manifesto moments earlierwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down110
arrow-up1222arrow-down1external-linkMan who set himself on fire outside Trump trial identified as ‘researcher’ who posted conspiracy-laden manifesto moments earlierwww.independent.co.uk@jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world • 5 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-square@NounsAndWords@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink18•5 months ago So I asked myself the question: If The Simpsons served the interests of organized crime, how would it do so? I’m just saying, there is a very thin line between genius and insanity…
minus-square@grue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish15•edit-25 months agoYeah, this thing vacillates wildly between insightful and utter nonsense more than perhaps anything else I’ve ever read. I thought this line was impressive: …fascism, which is perhaps best understood as kleptocracy at the barrel of a gun.
minus-squareJaytreemanlinkfedilink1•5 months agoFascism doesn’t exist without capitalism. There’s been vicious and authoritarian socialist/communist states, but not fascist
I’m just saying, there is a very thin line between genius and insanity…
Yeah, this thing vacillates wildly between insightful and utter nonsense more than perhaps anything else I’ve ever read.
I thought this line was impressive:
Eh, that describes capitalism too.
Fascism doesn’t exist without capitalism. There’s been vicious and authoritarian socialist/communist states, but not fascist