Bob [he/him,he/him]

gonna give this one only a moderate “pls go outside”

easily the best post on this fucking website

The extent to which Trump influences global fascism is infinitesimal compared with the extent to which it was affected by our last great financial crisis and the actions of US empire in the middle east. Both of these things would continue with minimal variation under a Biden presidency because both Biden (his party) and Trump (his party) share identical goals regarding either. Even if you could argue there is a difference, who knows which way that difference goes. What are the democratic imperial ambitions? What are their approaches to global finance?

If you think Trump has damaged the world or furthered the cause of american empire or “fascism” more than the years of Obama, Clinton, both Bush jr and sr, etc, then you just don’t know what’s going on.

I want Biden to be on full display 24/7 so that the entire world realizes what a joke neoliberalism is and we can finally destroy it.

To think any of this would happen would be just a flagrant disregard for the history of America as an empire.

I want fascists around the world to feel what we felt the night Corbyn lost, when we found out Bernie had a heart attack, when he conceded defeat like a coward.

Fascists aren’t some kind of nega-leftist, a dark opposite force or some bullshit. It’s an organic reaction to conditions from the system itself, so “fascists feeling” is just totally fucking irrelevant.

The wave of fascist parties taking hold in Europe and parts of South America were buoyed by what happened on our stolen land.

This is idealist bullshit. Idealist here (if you’re not familiar with leftist lingo) roughly meaning “believing that it is caused by ideas,” as opposed to a materialist analysis. Fascism isn’t some idea floating around that gains traction from people looking around and going DAM COOL RACISTS ELSEWHERE CAN DO IT TOO! It’s a mechanism within the system itself to save itself in a crisis. The reason for a fascist “wave” isn’t because of whatever fucking happens in the fucking USA, it’s because of a particular set of material conditions within these countries and globally. Trump doesn’t affect that and neither does Biden. It’s a wash on that front. You should look to what it says about people’s material conditions rather than what it says about whatever myopia you have about domestic US political theater.

I say theater especially here because for everyone else in the world, the US empire does the same thing regardless, and Biden would be just as bad if not worse judging by history on that front.

Imagine how funny it would be if this wasn’t a bit and this guy was actually sincerely trying to get an angry response and instead after all of that is met with “absolute king, legend”