You know we're allowed to feel kind of good that the guy who was openly and proudly racist and transphobic is no longer the most powerful person in the world. We can recognize and feel good about, for one fucking second even though we think maybe some crypto-blackpilled podcasts hosts might sneer at us for it, that this new enemy is preferable to the old one because their brand is susceptible to things like shame. We could be girded by this small progress, recognize that the left is in the most advantageous position it's had in a generation, and steel ourselves for the fight ahead. We dont need anyone's permission to do that.
The conditions that made Trump viable were also the conditions that made Bernie viable. They are the conditions that radicalized the vast majority of leftists active right now.
You are right that Fascism is dependent on the support of the burgeoise and the more “acceptable” right (“centrists”). But It’s a weird way to phrase it that fascism thrives “when the left is weak”. Crisis in the capitalist system opens the door for radical movements from the left as well as the right. A rise in fascism is most often a reaction on a economic crisis brought on by the inherent contradictions capitalism creates. This crisis opens the door for socialist movements which in turn makes the burgeoise support far right movements to combat the left. sometimes it results in fascist takeover (Nazi germany, Pinochet’s Chile) and sometimes in stronger communist ando socialist positions (Russian revolution, Yugoslavia, the social democratic era of northen Europe). But I think you would be hard pressed to describe the German communist movement in the inter war period Up to the Nazi takeover, or the Chilean left as “weak” even if they lost this particular battle (with catastrophic results for the people and nations that had to live through it)
I don't know if it needs to be that black and white. You can have a small relieved exhale while still acknowledging that we are mid-toilet bowl flush and heading toward the drain.
You know we're allowed to feel kind of good that the guy who was openly and proudly racist and transphobic is no longer the most powerful person in the world. We can recognize and feel good about, for one fucking second even though we think maybe some crypto-blackpilled podcasts hosts might sneer at us for it, that this new enemy is preferable to the old one because their brand is susceptible to things like shame. We could be girded by this small progress, recognize that the left is in the most advantageous position it's had in a generation, and steel ourselves for the fight ahead. We dont need anyone's permission to do that.
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The conditions that made Trump viable were also the conditions that made Bernie viable. They are the conditions that radicalized the vast majority of leftists active right now.
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You are right that Fascism is dependent on the support of the burgeoise and the more “acceptable” right (“centrists”). But It’s a weird way to phrase it that fascism thrives “when the left is weak”. Crisis in the capitalist system opens the door for radical movements from the left as well as the right. A rise in fascism is most often a reaction on a economic crisis brought on by the inherent contradictions capitalism creates. This crisis opens the door for socialist movements which in turn makes the burgeoise support far right movements to combat the left. sometimes it results in fascist takeover (Nazi germany, Pinochet’s Chile) and sometimes in stronger communist ando socialist positions (Russian revolution, Yugoslavia, the social democratic era of northen Europe). But I think you would be hard pressed to describe the German communist movement in the inter war period Up to the Nazi takeover, or the Chilean left as “weak” even if they lost this particular battle (with catastrophic results for the people and nations that had to live through it)
I don't know if it needs to be that black and white. You can have a small relieved exhale while still acknowledging that we are mid-toilet bowl flush and heading toward the drain.
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