“Democracy sustains capitalism. Capitalism thrives in a democracy. And, right now, we are dealing with, as I called him at my speech on the Ellipse, a tyrant,” she said, referencing her rally last year on the White House Ellipse in Washington. “We used to compare the strength of our democracy to communist dictators. That’s what we’re dealing with right now in Donald Trump. And these titans of industry are not speaking up,”
How the hell is Trump a communist? What is she smoking damn.
The support for capitalism over all else is expected, neoliberals do little else, but this level of delusion? Worrying.
He did nationalise 10% of Intel. Without paying for it, even, if I understand correctly.
He stole 10% of Intel. You really think we as a nation are going to see any of that? At least communists like Mao and Stalin weren’t doing terrible things just to enrich themselves.
Does he personally own 10% of Intel now? Or does the US government? From my understanding it’s the government, which makes it a kind of partial nationalisation.
It was absolutely a dirty deal, and Trump and his flunkies are enriching themselves, but I don’t see how Intel is enriching them.
Even so, it smells more of the kind of incestuous business-government relationship you get in fascism than the nationalisation for the people you get in socialism/communism. The US govt now has a special interest in one particular corporation that can be counted upon to do its bidding without a legal framework, while Intel can count on special treatment from the government while still being mostly privately owned.
But that’s not going to stop me from throwing this nationalisation in the faces of anti-socialist Trump supporters. Let them figure out and explain it’s more like fascism than socialism.
The is some argument to be made to compare him to Stalin with all the industrial policy, trade manipulation, attacks on civil liberties and rule of law, and purges of those disloyal to him. But he hasn’t committed genocide in the US yet.
Give him time. This is just the first year of this term.
Americans use the word communism as pejorative without having even slightest idea what it actually means. In this case she is speaking language that majority of Americans will understand
Americans understand the word “dictator” even if you don’t put “communist” in front of it. This was a choice that doesn’t make any sense. It only annoys the minority of people who understand what words mean.
Whatever fingers you want to point regarding Harris’ (and Democrats’) relationship with voters to the left of them, this is simply antagonizing. Politicians will tell enormous lies to court the right, but won’t tell the truth to court the left.
Yeah lol half of them are into this shit right now, and think it’s a good thing. Half of another half thinks it’s a funny movie with that borat guy with no political undertones whatsoever. You’re underestimating the gripes “red scare” still has on the median voter. And slightly overestimating their literacy.
Most Americans confuse “communist” with “Bolshevik”.
they are better known than Marxists, though.