In the context of power and money, absolutely. Although the fascism is being generated beyond the US too: fossil fuel companies are considered to be the main proponents of disinformation to destroy social cohesion against minorities, for example.
PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 2 days ago
It’s a sort of anti Brussels effect, I suppose: When fascism has infected the US, it starts spreading everywhere else, too.
FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 2 days ago
scarabic@lemmy.world 1 day ago
While I’m 100% in favor of diversity and inclusion, I think there was a bit of a fever over it in corporate land over the last several years. I also don’t think it actually amounted to a whole lot. I’m not one of those people who got sick of hearing about it, or complained about it, but I’m also not sorry to see most of it go. It doesn’t mean discrimination is back on the menu. It’s hard to describe how much performative crap was happening. Just doing cartwheels to show how inclusive we are. We literally had sensitivity training that told us to stop using the phrase “long time no see,” because some might construe it as a mocking imitation of a Native American stereotype speech. I mean seriously, you can’t tell me it’s either THAT or FASCISM with nothing between.
BetaBlake@lemmy.world 2 days ago
My response to this is always…Putin really needs to die
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
After which someone worse will take his place and continue the same shit
What Russia needs is a fucking revolution full 1917 style where they murder the shit out of all oligarchs and setup a functional democracy
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 1 day ago
You think the bolsheviks should try again?
Maybe the second time it’ll work?
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
No. like I said, Russia needs to become an actual representative democracy. Nobody needs one extremist dictatorship replaced by another
Tja@programming.dev 1 day ago
“and then it got worse”
tane@lemy.lol 1 day ago
Ah yes all the dastardly Russians fault.
Come on dude, the US does not need any help being a fascist hellhole. Their fascism is homegrown
rami@ani.social 1 day ago
More astroturfed than homemade, but yeah. I mean Hitler cited Ford as an inspiration and gave him an award in 1940 something. It’s been gross for a long time.
Honytawk@feddit.nl 17 hours ago
pootin Thinks otherwise.
While the US always had fascists, they have been embolstered by Russian propaganda, and people who aren’t fascists have been brainwashed into thinking it isn’t worse than using pronouns.
tane@lemy.lol 15 hours ago
You are a useful idiot for this admin, congrats bud
BurgerBaron@piefed.social 2 days ago
This isn't going anywhere. Climate change will make sure of that.