Biden urged to stop EU ‘unfairly’ targeting American tech::5 out of 6 ‘gatekeepers’ are US-based so regulators across pond are just being mean to us, say lawmakers

  • @Candelestine
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    311 months ago

    Just out of curiosity, what do you think the mainstream repubs and the MAGA people are then, by comparison?

    • originalucifer
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      911 months ago

      if it walks like a fascist and talks like a fascist and the entire party platform epitomizes fascist ideals, youre a fascist.

      • @Candelestine
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        311 months ago

        So, you just think they’re all fascists then? What does fascism actually mean to you?

        • @grue
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          111 months ago

          deleted by creator

          • @Candelestine
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            111 months ago

            Operation Sealion was a German WW2 plan for an invasion of the British Isles. What’s it mean these days?

              • @Candelestine
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                111 months ago

                Oh, trolling. Yeah, that’s an interesting term for that method. But no, I’m being serious. I’m just politically flexible instead of any kind of purist.

        • originalucifer
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          011 months ago

          how about the textbook, which fits perfectly

          utahoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy

          • @Candelestine
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            211 months ago

            I don’t know about perfectly, I don’t see the hallmark ultranationalism in Biden, and he also seems to care about election results, which makes dictator a little harder to say. I also don’t see force being used to suppress his opposition, since Trump is still free and able to defend himself. Few others, but those are the big ones.

            • originalucifer
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              611 months ago

              the current republicans are fascists… the current democrats are just ‘conservatives’ at this point

              • @Candelestine
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                211 months ago

                Yeah, I won’t argue that Biden has some conservative in him. I’m not a big fan of it either.

            • @grue
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              211 months ago

              He didn’t call Biden a fascist; he called the (current-ideology) Republicans fascists and he called Biden a (previous-ideology) Republican.

              In other words, he’s saying that the politicians are shifted one category to the right of where they claim to be.

              • @Candelestine
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                111 months ago

                I think you missed a third group. MAGA is not all repubs, there’s all the Liz Cheney types they forced out. I assume he meant they were fascist too.

                • @grue
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                  411 months ago

                  I think you missed a third group. MAGA is not all repubs, there’s all the Liz Cheney types they forced out.

                  You’re not accounting for time. MAGA is all Repubs now, because all the Liz Cheney types have been forced out.