• ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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    5 hours ago

    fascism is capitalism showing its teeth, like what trump is doing more overtly now. one part of it involves enforcing a bolder and more baldfaced surveillance/police state.

    the NSA is literally one of the intelligence arms of said surveillance state. they help manipulate people, find and disappear dissidents, suppress resistance and such. not unlike a few other 3 letter agencies.

    they’ve been quacking like fascists way before trump, they have feathers like fascists and swim like fascists. hence why i call it fascist.

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      5 hours ago

      fascism is capitalism showing its teeth, like what trump is doing more overtly now

      AFAIK that is not the definition of fascism

      But I’ve seen a TikTok of someone who is studying politcal doctrines (IDR if their level was Major or PHD) and what is currently going on was ticking off all the boxes

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        9 minutes ago

        of course it isnt. there are many, sometimes contradicting definitions.

        i focus on the police state and militarism part of it because thats what the NSA is for.

        if it ticks all the damn boxes, thats wtf it is. your phd person on tiktok is probably referring to the 12 early signs.

        its been ticking all the boxes for its early signs for a long time now if you look back. and we are not on the early part anymore.

        but please don’t get informed through tiktok and read up on it.