What do the fascists get out of saying the truth? Shouldn’t they be cheering on the war machine? My conservative family is sharing this vid around and I’m very confused on what to do. Why can’t it be socialists and communists who get millions of views by talking like this?

  • MaoistLandlord [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    The socialists getting millions of views are entertainers who enjoy the google/YouTube paychecks. Fascists benefit because they know

    • the conservative base is pissed off with the price of everything and seeing money flow out so easily even if they don’t want to use it to benefit society
    • conservatives hate Chinese, some hate Russians, but they hate democrats even more
    • Ukraine and Zelensky were central to a major Trump “scandal” and Biden conspiracy that they haven’t forgiven
    • neoconservatives do cheer on the wad machine but lie just to stay on the voters’ good side

    It’s like having an abusive parent who sometimes buys you McDonald’s to shut you up and the other parent completely forgets you even exist, is indifferent when they do remember, and prefers to be a parent to another kid and his family