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Can we agree we need to get these meek fuckers out of leadership (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 20 hours ago by wreel@lemmy.sdf.org to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Absolutely useless

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[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

It’s really hard to remove bought politicians when it’s the rule and not the exception

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 15 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

That's why I am 99% certain America gets a civil war. When half the population are so mentally ill that they support Trump, and the other half so brainwashed they blame progressives for Trump — the only group that has consistently warned that conservatism and neoliberalism will result in fascism — you can't simply "deprogram" them.

One major reason Europe rebounded after WW2 is because the vast majority of fascist "true believers" died in the war, and fascist leadership was executed. Europe essentially had a political and sociological "reset". Without that, America's cancer will continue to grow and fester. If civil war does not happen, or the fascists win it, the world gets US fascist imperialism and WW3 in the 2030's; give or take a few years.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

Only if you play by the rules.