• Tinidril
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    3 months ago

    It’s not like James Brown is likely to run in 2028, so what’s your point?

    The reason we have a fascist groundswell in this country is the same reason any country has ever had a fascist groundswell.

    1. Wealth inequality drives populism.
    2. Wealthy liberals shut out left populism.
    3. Right populism benefits and quickly turns fascist.
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      3 months ago

      My point is we elected the whitest black guy we could possibly find and even then it took 230 years. We still have a long way to go before we pat ourselves on the back.

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        3 months ago

        When did I suggest back pats?

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          3 months ago

          We didn’t “suddenly get too racist”. The US was no more likely to elect a black presenting president in 2008 than we are now. Even one with Obama’s gravitas.