https://nitter.net/codepink/status/1709591940675637312#m

https://www.codepink.org/arrested_11_activists_arrested_at_bernie_sanders_sit_in_for_peace

Solidarity to CodePink getting the message for diplomacy instead of endless money/arms heaping in the war as always. Can't habeeb Bernie went from resisting with his full body weight between two cops in his youth, to dolling out zip-ties like friendship bracelets. bern-disgust

  • ElHexo [comrade/them]
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    9 months ago

    Stalin is saying that social democracy is the response of the capitalists to a stronger proletariat, and the end outcome of social democracy remains the same as fascism - capitalists remain in power - and will withdraw the treats as soon as the revolutionary desires of the masses have settled down.

    Stalin is writing in the interwar period before fascism has really demonstrated certain aspects that we associate with fascism today

    • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
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      9 months ago

      to add something that helped me with this

      social democracy is the carrot, fascism is the stick, end goal is to smother revolutionary fervor

    • ewichuu
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      9 months ago

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      • ProxyTheAwesome [comrade/them]
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        9 months ago

        Social Democrats are the moderate wing of fascism. Fascists are the extreme wing of fascism. That's his point. They are symbiotic twins, two cogs in a machine that work in tandem