• boolean_sledgehammer@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    If you’re really going to sit here and pretend that none of the things I mentioned play a clear and obvious role in our current situation, I don’t even know where to start with you.

    • Ferrous@lemmy.ml
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      2 days ago

      Strawman. Never did I say that the things you mentioned dont play a role in facilitating fascism.

      Poor education, MIC, captured media, sure… all of these things facilitate fascism.

      My point is that your analysis does not get at the heart of how fascism arises or why america is going full throated fascist in recent years. Why do we have poor education? Why do we have a bloated MIC? Why has our mainstream media been captured? Why is conservatism increasingly in fashion?

      You’re not going to get to the heart of these questions by ignoring class. You’ll especially fail to answer these questions if you just blame some nebulous concept of “conservatism” wholesale. Youve correctly identified the symptoms, but you still need to take the next step w/ class-based, material analysis.