▲ 169 ▼ Serious: What is going to take to face the fascist threat in America? (lemmy.zip) submitted 10 months ago by cactuspunter@lemmy.zip to c/politics@lemmy.world 104 comments fedilink hide all child comments As America backslides into fascism and authoritarian consolidation, what do you think should be done to course correct?
[–] BillyB0nes@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 child) Ensure the venture isn't profitable. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] whiwake@lemmy.cafe 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) I said kill the profiteers, not the profits permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BillyB0nes@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) That is one method to achieve the above, but the problem is we keep making more of them and always will. They don't just go away because you killed the strongest ones, it signals out to the others that a vacuum is available for them to inhabit. The system has to change to invalidate them or we just end up playing Psycho/Sociopath Whack-a-mole until eternity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] whiwake@lemmy.cafe 3 points 10 months ago All of them. New ones? Them too. Greed should be a death sentence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] whiwake@lemmy.cafe 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) I said kill the profiteers, not the profits permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BillyB0nes@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) That is one method to achieve the above, but the problem is we keep making more of them and always will. They don't just go away because you killed the strongest ones, it signals out to the others that a vacuum is available for them to inhabit. The system has to change to invalidate them or we just end up playing Psycho/Sociopath Whack-a-mole until eternity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] whiwake@lemmy.cafe 3 points 10 months ago All of them. New ones? Them too. Greed should be a death sentence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BillyB0nes@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) That is one method to achieve the above, but the problem is we keep making more of them and always will. They don't just go away because you killed the strongest ones, it signals out to the others that a vacuum is available for them to inhabit. The system has to change to invalidate them or we just end up playing Psycho/Sociopath Whack-a-mole until eternity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] whiwake@lemmy.cafe 3 points 10 months ago All of them. New ones? Them too. Greed should be a death sentence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] whiwake@lemmy.cafe 3 points 10 months ago All of them. New ones? Them too. Greed should be a death sentence. permalink fedilink source parent