Alsephina @ Alsephina @lemmy.ml

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Not "bizarre" at all; saying that just shows how out-of-touch MSM is.

Trump's base is mostly the same as AOC's and Bernie's: working class people who hate the status quo and want change. Only difference is Bernie and AOC's change is for the positive because they blame the correct people — corporations and the capitalist class — while Trump's change will be for the negative because he scapegoats marginalized people instead. And we know which one of them will receive corporate funding and thus come to power under a liberal "democracy"

If socialist parties like the PSL or FRSO were influential enough, most of Trump's supporters (and Dems) would be there instead. Because at the end of the day, most people are workers with the same interests.

Thought this was pretty funny lol

Who could've seen this coming

It also just got hit with an earthquake.

All this on top of the US blockade...

Venezuela sent aid too

Most western conservatives are economically liberal, though there are certainly stupIDPol or maga "communism" types.

In general, the left-right political spectrum that implies liberals can be leftist or that conservatives can't be liberals is oversimplified, inaccurate, and not how the vast majority of people actually view politics.

Most working-class people do want social benefits for example and may therefore be considered economically leftist, but if they're in an economically disadvantaged region they may have a backwards view on social norms and be considered socially right-wing.

Even NATOpedia agrees

The US is a capitalist dictatorship, not a democracy.

Thoughts? Sounds like a lame thing to do

More of the US trying to delay China's ascent. Love how they're just forcing China to be more self-sufficient and immune to western sanctions lol

BRICS will probably accelerate when Trump comes to power and fucks up US foreign policy even more lol

Now watch red maga walk back on that too, like all of blue/red maga promises.

The only good thing that could've possibly come out of this, and it won't even happen.

The tweet

This has to be the biggest fumble of all time lmfao

Primarily referring to Germany and Italy's descent into fascism, and we're currently seeing this happen in France, and now in the US. These countries only see a shift to the left with an external force, like Scandinavian states giving concessions to the working class when the nearby USSR posed the threat of a good example — and by extension, the threat of a working class revolution; of course, these concessions are gradually being taken away now.

Imperial core countries refers to colonizer countries that now control financial institutions like the IMF and World Bank, and depend on the continued exploitation of former colonies.

• How Capitalism Robs The Developing World
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I specify liberal democracies in imperial core countries because we have seen limited successes for the left outside it. Like Allende coming to power in Chile (before being overthrown in a US-backed coup 2 years later), or now Lula and Claudia coming to power in Brazil and Mexico.

• Read Blackshirts And Reds
• Why The US Is not A Democracy
• Why Social Democracy Isn't Good Enough
• “Yeah Capitalism Is Bad… But What Can We Do?”

He's right. In a declining capitalist state like the current US, workers want change. In the absence of a genuine working class party that correctly blames capitalism and the capitalist class for a revolution, you get a "radical" capitalist-funded party that at least points the blame at someone — marginalized people.

The dems only offer to preserve the status quo, and no one fucking wants the status quo.

Get organized. Liberal democracies in the imperial core historically always slide to fascism.

“I appreciate President Trump’s commitment to the ‘peace through strength’ approach in global affairs. This is exactly the principle that can practically bring just peace in Ukraine closer,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X.

Who could've guessed that appealing to far-right republicans — who are going to vote republican anyway — wouldn't be a winning strategy?

Shame we won't get to see elon malding

So many scratched liberals on r*ddit right now