Fascism Won’t Be What You Expect… w/ Michael Tomasky
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The far darker aspect is not what the leader will do but what followers/zealots will do.
I can see alot of targeted attacks on groups of people perceived as "The Others " or those deemed as enemies of Trump by his cult members on his behalf.
Quite so.
Himmler and Goring had free reign. They didn't consult the feher a lot of the time.
Steven Miller
He will cheer them on since he is protected by the corrupt supreme Court.
I hate the leaders but I despise their sheep.
I've always been told not to wake up someone who's sleepwalking but....America, you need to wake up.
No, I need to be at permanent sleep.
a whole lot of us have been wide awake and insomniac since 2016. we are exhausted, but undeterred.
Americans voted themselves out of existence since our first TV savior, saint Ronny reagan'. Missy accomplished.
Americans do not realise what they are doing.. This has been coming since the 1930s.. When the concentration camps for 11 million are being built and police are authorised to shoot drug dealers in back alleys, they will nod in agreement ......at first.. Then, later, only paid up christians with christian ID cards will be allowed to drive and have passports....
What’s that verb you are using? “Wake up” like the present tense of “woke”? Not afraid to swear, are y’all?
Fascism is already here in the form of the GOP Congress, hysterical school boards, GOP legislatures, and the Supreme Court.
Yes it's begun,but can be stop,I think, NOT TO LATE.
@@DavidFredrick-lm6pq Good attitude to take.
It's not just the GOP. 95% of our elected officials are bought. Newsflash, it is not ok if a D or I does it. The same colonizer ways continue with admin while he hides behind values, democracy and security. This pres lies to our face daily all while upholding racist norms and the disastrous foreign policy. Very little difference between him and 45.
You voted for Biden, I didn't.
They are rife with evil religious extremists with evil intentions for America. They must be stopped if America has any chance.
I just remember we fought a war to make sure it didn't happen here, and many died.
I am one voice and I don't want it here
How many stand with me? 🤨🧐🇺🇲💙
Looks like 12 people stand with you (unless some of them ‘gamed the system’ and were able to ‘like’ your comment more than once).
The fourth turning is alive and well and roaring like a lion. If you don't know what I mean, read the book or google it. Europe a hundred years ago found out what corporate fascism did, 65 million dead, Europe in ruins. Why do you think that they heavily regulate banks, corporations, have strong unions, universal health care etc. They learned people come first.
Heavily regulate banks and corporations in Europe? 😂
It's all Neo-Liberalism here, it's not heavily regulated at all, it just seems like it to American's who deregulated to stupid levels.
And that is why UK left EU. This country is moving ever further right. Boris Johnston is a watered down Trump.
The Tories are penetrated by Russia
About 30 years ago I told my father, who was a WW2 combat vet, that we did not have to worry about Communism but we had to worry more about Fascism. Note that I am a VN War combat vet. He looked at me like I was nuts. Nothing since has changed my mind, although I am more worried about Chinese Communism now than I was then. Also it is worth remembering that Fascism is right wing extremism, NOT left wing, as many Republicans seem to believe.
Listened to an old Hitler speech (in English), replace the word Jew with illegal immigrant and it sounded exactly like a Trump speech.
Under a Trump second term the US would resemble Chile under Pinochet with a dose of authoritarian Christian theocracy thrown in to make people's lives that much more miserable.
That’s a very good analysis. We can’t let it happen…
Not surprising that Fuhrer Trumpler admires Orban, Putin, Kim Jong and his lifelong hero Adolph. I question the sanity of those that want THAT crap in America! I always thought we cared about protecting The Constitution & Bill of Rights. Well, guess I might have been wrong! So it all comes down to 'conservative' means that having a dictatorship is the new, cool thing. WOW, who knew lol?! 😂😡🤡☠
It wont just be immigrants. Continued support will require attacks on LBGTQ+, then liberal activists, then Muslims. Due to the size of this action will also require more Federal troops -drafted. Eventually, the war will be with Mexico, due to Cartel terrorism. Meanwhile Putin will invade the formr soviet states, but the US will be occupied with Mexico.
First they started with "illegal aliens." The underground Christian Nationalist Militias hate Jews, Blacks, Latinos, Liberals, Feminists, Gays...
A very powerful film that shows this mentality is "Betrayal" starring Tom Berringer and Deborah Winger.
Agreed, but the argument is ridiculous, everyone, except indigenous people, are immigrants here.
Fascism in America, taking the exact form Frank Zappa said it would all the way back in the early 1980s. Wrapped in an American flag with a crucifix hanging from its neck.
I think that the next 6 months could well be the last days of life as I have known it for all of my 81 years. I would have never thought my last years of life in my country could end like this.
I feel the same way! It's awful!
@@emilycorwith1119 Yes, Emily, it is awful. We can only vote and hope for the best. I'm in a 'deep red' state so I always feel as if my vote is worthless, but I persist.
71 and i feel the same, but my poli-sci teachers told us this was coming. i just hoped it would not happen in my lifetime. but here we are. i grieve for the young people.
@@margaretjohnson6259 - True, democracy and republics are fragile and unfortunately, terminal in a society that allows itself to become progressively more ignorant of history. Once a society becomes sufficiently benighted of true history subversives begin filling the void by feeding false narratives to the impressionable (the young, poorly educated, as well as those racially and religiously insecure individuals typically attracted to a more toxic form of nationalism fed by such insecurities). But we should be aware that these people are merely pawns being used by the true threat (the motivated subversives) which are typically internal threats from those both capable and "highly" motivated to push the false narratives necessary to achieve their agenda. IMHO what many Americans fail to realize is that the upper classes, the 1%'ers and wealthy industrialists in particular, have traditionally found democracies to be impediments to their ability to make, increase and or maintain their fortunes (organized labor, taxes, OSHA, etc...). We saw this in Europe and here in the U.S. in the 1920's and 1930's. As long as democracies and republics have vibrant and thriving economies, they are relatively safe. Its upper classes, 1%'ers and wealthy industrialists are increasing their fortunes and satisfied to remain supportive of their governments. The moment the economy takes a downturn this supportive dynamic quickly reverses. This is exactly what we saw in the failed 1934 conspiracy (by select members of the old American Liberty League), to overthrow FDR and replace our government with a fascist regime (an event now known as the "Wall Street Putsch"). Some important history that Americans would do well to brush up on. History that's been largely covered up by those culpable who referred to the allegations as "Perfect Moonshine" while they where forced to hide behind their wealth, their legal teams and their lackey politicians. An ugly time when America's republic came very close to falling by the hands of its more entitled citizens. IMHO, similar subversive forces are once again at play. America has several multi-billion dollar industries that see a Left-Leaning government that's beginning to listen to climate change, as an existential threat. Just as the Rockefellers and Standard Oil did in 1933, the industry has stealthily circled the wagons and drawn a line. The old American Liberty League didn't disband in 1939 as we've been led to believe. They simply went underground to be resurrected as the new GOP.
I share your concerns at 79 I have the same fears about the future.
This is important information. Trump supporters think, because they are white, they will be exempt from Trump’s fascism. In order to reach Trump supporters, someone needs to make a series of short Showing them exactly what life would be like under a Trump dictatorship.
His followers thought wearing masks was an attack on their freedom. Wait til Nazis control every aspect of our lives.
I AGREE
I wish the truth would get through to them. So many of them are so deluded and so adoring that they will not believe anything until it happens to them.
I don’t think Americans as a whole are taking this seriously enough. Yet there is also a lack of preparation if it does happen. It hasn’t sunk in yet. I think there are certain groups that will be targeted ( gays, etc.). How do we prepare.
Women, other non white races... LGBT+.... Yup
societies are minority suppressing constructs that "normally" suppress a-social minorities/individuals.. the Achilles heel of it all is that the rules this entity enforces with the power of all of society is based on 50%+1 of 1 in 500.000 people - with biology clearly stating that individuals naturally are selfish.. the only preparation possible is to get out of harms way asap
@@phoenixtoash2396 what is lgbt+? Is that some sort of chemical compound?
@@anuragchakraborty8766- Use your 🧠
Buy lots of tanks, rocket launchers, land mines etc etc and that's just to keep your neighbors in line. You can get them on Amazon and eBay or the cartels we support aka banks and wall street casinos. All for just marginal interest rates of 90%😂
Trump doesn't need to hire a Goebbels - he's already got one by the name of Steven Miller.
My thoughts exactly!💙💙
It’s not just his current rhetoric that says fascism. It’s his first term .
His campaign as a candidate all the way back in 2016 said everything already. There is a reason neofascist and white supremacist groups openly celebrated when the election was declared for him.
I'd say that when Abu Ghraib and the use of torture did not bring millions out into the street, fascism was publicly certified as part of the culture. Been there since 1619 in one form or another.
What would another trump term mean for the natural world in the USA and beyond. The damage in this area would be permanent.
He'll get rid of all the windmills that's for sure. 😢
That's another level of the damage this human scourge could achieve. If he arrives to power i think is game over for the USA. The country simply would go to the dogs
@@yvonneplant9434 He sends country backwards again , while he and one percent rake in the money .
Denial of reality is a main core belief of Trump and those in his camp. No president is perfect, but at least some try to serve rather than be served. Trump wants to be served, not to serve.
@@johnanderson3700 Yes and if he wins he will make the entire US government system serve him and him alone.
This goes into my American Fascism Folder which is getting unwieldy, at least i'm not the only one seeing clear eyed. Unfortunately its been a long time in the making American Fascism. Can it be staved off? Well only if Americans are willing to grow up & take responsibility as full fledged American Citizens, instead of watch a Colosseum game while getting drunk & eating burnt meat.
I think America is going to elect its Hitler.
🎯🎯🎯Yeah, that's exactly the point. Let's hope they acieve/avoid falling to this ditch but i don't know. Perhaps is Karma (bad karma) And if that is the case is a kind of unavoidable doom. The chickens always return house to roost. That could be the case but would be such a pity for the good decent people of there!! Trump is basically a soulless pig/devil. So all Hell broke loose if that demon achieve again the throne/crown. The day he would win again would be the darkest day in American history
As a fellow WV native I am so proud of MT and the honesty and clarity of his political reporting and analysis in these perilous times. There is an insidious type of journalistic “integrity” that thinks that calling out obvious evil is not their job. It is the journalistic equivalent of Trump saying there were “good people on both sides” after the UVA riots and Nazi marches. We are looking at living in a Country run by people that read The Handmaid’s Tale and saw it as a “how to” book for the model theocracy. What I fear now is the apathy of “good people”.
Exactly! There comes a point when refusing to take a side means taking a side with evil.
Fascism will be Trump bloviating 15 hours a day and no off switch. Also my definition of Hell.
Hopefully: Big Mac + no exercise = Massive stroke.
24 hours a day. Whenever he's not actively speaking or tweeting, the thoughts of the Magnificent Leader will be rebroadcast and retweeted. Who knows, maybe they'll even put his smirking face on the dollar bill. After all, he's done so much more to, er, _for_ America than old George Washington ever did.
@@thelakeman5207Yes, we can always hope. Or his dementia will soon become so evident that even his MAGA followers can’t deny it (well, some always will, but any who have lived with a parent or relative with it won’t be able to).
@@kgs2280 I think it's a mind control drug.
The United States could devolve into a similar scenario that Chile experienced in 1973 and beyond.
any society thats lame enuf to listen to milton friedman inevitably breaks down into a pinochet dictatorship...it just took a bit longer in the US...
Pinochet had thousands 'disappeared', there were right-wing goon squads rounding up his critics and opponents. Trump will be every bit as bad.
"You can lead a normal life to a certain extent." Then he starts a war and off you go to die.
The alternative paper here in St. Louis just got bought and they fired everyone.
😢
That was a great Thom Hartmann Program.!
If you want to understand just how nazism took over in Germany and how people’s lives changed - for good and ill - I suggest you get a hold of a copy of ‘Heimat’. This is an extensive series of films following a family and small village in rural west Germany fro the early 30s to the 60s.
Very very good idea!
🎉❤🩵🩵🩵 ALWAYS educated with Thom! Thank you sir !
It will be worse.
Is anybody ever going to address a fascist economy? Like it's just going to business as usual ? Give me a break ?
Deregulations all round.
@Clarence-og9tu The Fascist economy would be us under Trump. And the news media is scared to address the issue. A fascist economy would destabilize the US economy and creates an enormous amount of risk and uncertainty.
Hey man, look I can tell your an intelligent person and your not evil, like some of mega, you are the kinda of guy we need someone who legitimately cares about the future. Keep engaging and seeking the truth, but mega facism is not your friend and I would guess your under 40. They will take your bright future and make it not nearly what it could have been, because everything they say is like a magic trick. It may seem true but it's not.
It's great for business! No regulations & slave labor! YIPPEE!
And we've seen how dear leader does business - str8 to bankruptcy court.
@@kendallsmith1458Great doe some businesses. And then it is not.
A vote for Trump, is a vote for fascism, and a vote for Biden, is a vote for Democracy.
People think a dictator is a good idea cause they don't have a idea what it would 😂
that even sounds lame...both are uniparty hacks...&neither is the lesser evil...
@@libbychang413How is Rep Greene?
More like a vote for poverty, open borders, crime, homelessness and hyperinflation. Let the fun begin.
@@ace9840 inflation made up doesn’t exist! That just the excuse for price gouging and price fixing if inflation was truly real then companies would not be upset with wage increases.
Anne Frank happens when dictators (like Mother Brain Trump) are given absolute power. For Anne Frank's memory, Vote Blue 🗳, Save Democracy, Stop Project 2025.
red vs blue is 🐂💩...theres only one neo-fascist uniparty...
rent free
@@andreww4751Cry harder.
In Chile we are currently facing a strong push by neofascism. Under the umbrella of a newly created and self declared “democratic” Partido Republicano, they have been able to penetrate all instances of power. All this push has been supported by the Opus Dei, a Catholic sect associated with the most conservative sectors of the upper class.
Thank you.
Good for you, Mr. Tomasky.
I recommend that everyone watch "The Handmaid's Tale". Many people claim that the series is anti-Christian, but in actuality, the series mocks the people who use religion to control people ( particularly females ). Even though the people in control in "The Handmaid's Tale" profess to be Christian, they seldom mention Jesus, but over 90% of the time, they espouse the worst parts of the "Old Testament". The series uses verses from the “Old Testament” ( where a wife was barren and she allowed her husband to have sex with the wife's handmaid to produce an offspring ) to justify raping a class of women called "Handmaids". Any disobedience can be punished by whipping and if it continues: lynching.
Better yet read a book. Even if it's on audio
@@kendallsmith1458 books are great, but I must say the Handmaids tale is done very well... and was very prescient even though it wasn't made that long ago, a lot of Gilead is happening in my state right now. :(
Several days ago NYTimes columist Ross Douthat, who considers himself more Catholic than the Pope, any Pope, wrote a defense of the so-called Traditionalist movement in the Catholic Church and their fervor for the Latin Mass. Not once did he mention Jesus or any aspect of Christian faith. The message of Jesus is not important to Traditionalists. The underlying message of the column was that this movement exists to have a Church within the Church, to produce its leaders, to judge the purity of believers. Traditionalism is not about exercising faith but exercising the the rites of the Church in their proper form or format. But this movement is an extension of the Fascism playing out in other spheres of our society, especially since all these Traditionalists are also MAGA Trumpists. All 6 conservatives on the US Supreme Court fall into the Traditionalist camp, esp. Alito and Amy. To see Fascism in American religion one need not read fiction. Read the decisions of SCOTUS.
@@michaelbayer5094 actually, Handmaids tale was written by Margaret Atwood after years of collecting news stories from around the world. The first season is based on her book, and while not everything happened all at once in the same place like in Gilead, every single thing in the book DID HAPPEN in real life.
Handmaids tale is indeed a scary and scarily accurate work, and the scenes in the book (which the first season is based on), are all true news stories from around the world. The comments here shaming you for picking up on the accuracy of Handmaids tale are just condescending smarmy holier thans.
Authoritarianism is un-American.
The other question I have is about how much of this we are feeding into the minds of people. Telling a story is almost prophetic. When you hear a story, it becomes part of your neural network of familiarity. Are these stories of warning or stories that build complacency? Who is telling the stories of how Trump is defeated? Who is telling stories of peace? Are we telling stories of the world we want or the world we are afraid of? Unfortunately, the fear part may just have to play itself out.
Very well said. I think the struggle is not only to wake people up to the reality, but to stir that realization into action. As so often in history, such action is slow to awaken.,
I'm going to have to get that issue.
4:00 that's in the pitch deck for the DJT media corp.
I think it's what a dictator COULD do without the restraint of law, a coming reelection, a judicial system, and a Constitution. You don't want to know!
Dump doesn’t have to hire a Goebbels. Goebbels will hire himself. Stephen Miller.
Who happens to be Jewish. Can't write this shit.
💙 💙 💙 💙 💙
For Christ's sake Tomasky, not all of us can afford an Atlantic subscription. Give us some more details.
Ask your local library. They will help you read it for free.
Hopefully public libraries will have that journal; if not, ask them to acquire
It might be a mistake to assume Trump would not crack down on culture. He hates the greater part of Hollywood and SNL already. I'm sure he knows nothing about painting (for instance), and doesn't care about most of the arts that are deep into self-referencing for reasons known only to the glittering cognoscenti. Trump is currently fuming about the recent biopic that portrays him in a less than flattering light. And Trump would likely have some asshat like Steve Bannon run the cultural assault. (Bannon's fairly smart--in a twisted sort of way.) A Trump future could well force an exodus of artists, or the formation of an underground. The latter might actually be interesting, and might give the arts a much-needed shot in the arm. I'm thinking of the writers and painters in Czechoslovakia during the dark decades of the Soviet Union. Lots of amazing stuff was created. But ... lest we forget, Trump was a "star" on The Apprentice for ... something like ... forever. So, on the whole, Trump would probably see culture (pop culture?) as a goldmine for his creative depravity. (Gold f*cking high-top sneakers!! I want some) Any sane person is going to have to figure out how to roll with the clown punches soon to come. And to think, people imagined history was dead. We're deep in it. It's just not your father's history.
No it's grandfathers history
He will do as the Nazis did. Culture will not be safe. No one is sage under a fascist goverment.
@@kendallsmith1458Meaning?
@@sisuguillam5109 I think he means WW2
@@robertruffo2134 Meaning what? And WW2 was they history of people currently alive. It's the history of my uncles, my aunties. It is not a distant past when just yesterday I found a new set of Stolpersteine in my german hometown. It's not a long time ago when we are taking to the streets to fight the AfD here.
It's astounding that channels like this would be so bold, and viewers be so gullible all while civilized free and open exchange of ideas and debate is silenced on the comment section (deleted).
The correct term would be neofascism, since fascism normally are connected to uniforms, boots, swastikas and violent gangs beating up people in the streets. Neofascism was formed after WW2, inspired by Bardeche, who wanted a more civil and legal form of fascism. The ideology of hate towards foreigners, communists, socialists, liberals, was the same, but neofascists put on ties and jackets and is elected to the parliament, where they try to collaborate with conservatives. The focus is on changing the legal system and putting neofascist judges on high posts, which will make it very hard to return to democratic rules. This has already happened in Hungary, Poland and Turkey. In some way it has also happened in USA, and to get rid of the neofascist Supreme Court will be very difficult. And probably they will be involved in Trumps more serious trials, connected to the coup attempt J6.
It will probably look like small special interest groups with an unbalanced say in how all of society should behave and interact... with them...
Good presentation, Thom! I need to be careful in what I say, though. After all, my user name is FishBait.
Ending Social Security and privatizing Medicare would certainly, um, affect us. We might not get jailed as political prisoners but we'd be without food and medical care ... This may be the only thing that could motivate enough voters to preserve themselves, if not their democracy.
The quote above about fascism in America comes from Sinclair Lewis. He was absolutely right.
Trump will say that Syclon B cures a new Covid variant.
It's Cyclon B.
And why bring Covid into this?
@@sisuguillam5109It's "Zyklon B" in the original German.
@@glennhecker4422 In german, yes. In the US it was translated into Cyclone while it was marketed for fumigating.
Thats IT ! I cant atand anymore !!
What's baffling is his idiotic followers don't know what the hell is going on except getting him back into office 😔
No worries. Nature is not only in the process of ending fascism, but every other hairbrained human political philosophy. Nature bats last.
The biggest problem isnt trump voters the problem is the palestine first people who wont vote and allow trump to deport them over 1 issue remember biden cant run in 2028 so the you can replace him now isnt the time a vote for third party helps project 2025 and a trump dictatorship
Bill Barrs push toward a unitary presidency was only the most recent and extreme push towards more presidential power. It began seriously with Woodrow Wilson, who showed disdain for the Constitution, and progressed through every administration except perhaps Hoover and Eisenhower. Trump is the most recent and extreme example.
1960s weren't under fascism so the arts comparison is faulty.
The evangelicals under Trump would significantly change the arts
New Republic
well, Thom, the saying goes 'ignorance is bliss' lol all the know nothings about politics, seem to be ok, but little do they know. I used to see the new republic magazine at borders books, years ago, along with a lot of other more progressive magazines, but now much of the more left media journals have been eliminated and its difficult to find them in our area [which is majority right wing.[ people don't see much journalism speaking for the progressive left here at all. its a good day if you see a copy of the Atlantic or Foreign affairs, lol [let alone ever see Jacobin on a store display]
Ppl don't read, just watch. "Where ignorance is bliss, tis folly to be wise" Thomas Gray
What issue of New Republic please!!!
Do they really think the quiet majority will just stand by ?
Biden vs. Trump how could the two political parties do this to all of us.
Here we go. This false equivalency again? Try harder.
What would the elderly masses do without Social Security?
I hope you really feel this way, Thom Hartmann, because perpetuating the schism in this country is only widening the gap.
A lot of dems like myself are leaving the party specifically because of the partisan hackery on both sides.
Democrats are not blameless in the shift to the right this country is facing. Ignoring their role is more harmful than helpful.
White MAGAS might not, but the rest of us will see it.
We already have Fascism here. SCOTUS
Yes, a largely unrecognized fact.
If anyone were to wonder how media might be well have a new hayes code but it my be much more uptight and less safe for artistic vision. Worse than it seems now.
Please , you guys , Get To It ! My Guts / Anxiety reaction to Trump/Neo-Facism can only take so much of this torture
Well, I guess life in the States won't be as bad as I thought under a fascist Trump dictatorship. As long as I avoid being politically active and keep my mouth shut, it's not so bad. Thanks for the great info.
Death by a thousand cuts. With don the con enjoying his big Mack on the lawn of the white house moved to maro lardo. And laughing 😂
I think the best current analogy with how things will be under trump is less nazi germany and more Putins Russia.
This man says trump doesn’t have a Goering, but he has Steven Miller, who I think has the role in the bag.
Listen for Francisco Goldman
Like when you win the election but lose the electoral college. That's fascism.
Heck yeah
The unfair & obsolete EC should have been abolished decades ago. The fact we are forced to use it now in 2024 shows how insane our election system is. What a sham! America has gall when we make suggestions how other nations should run elections! ☑💙💙💙
Public-private partnership is the new fascistic. Ross
Perot was right.
It’s called Project 2025
I partially blame the very keyboard I'm using the same internet/social media the masses thrive on. The internet has done allot of good but it
gave a in front of your face platform for hate groups and those who feel they are oppressed by the government. It helped create a propaganda
machine like no other, a place for those who think of themselves as victims of society, just a victim of their own ineptness. The page has turned
although I still have hope for better days.
Much mazel!
If Trump wins these guys are gonna have to scramble for shelter. Life is gonna get hard in a hurry. The New Republic will need a new everything. I say this as a liberal
A would be greatful to a James Bond kind of agent to nip this shit in the bud.
Project 1865
Current level or arts and culture in US with cheap entertainment celebrity culture tabloid media and mundane visual arts serves Trump just fine and will continue to do so if he comes back in second term. Even today internet providers and big visual art studios self censure themselves
Liberal delusion.
You'll see. Fascism is already largely here, but trump will make it far worse.
We see the Third Reich in gritty black and white photos but there were sunny afternoons in Germany too.
Indeed. Götz Aly has written on what he calls the Wohlfühldiktatur. You might find him an interesting read.
@@sisuguillam5109 Thanks, he sounds interesting.
@@JohnTravena You are welcome!
The Smothers Brothers are pretty funny.
I think I'll go put a ring through my nose and see if it helps my allergies
Maybe Biden can use them ...or the insurrection act.
Fascism is here in the United State with Trump
what did you expect with all the ww2 vets dead
The SCOTUS is already full-on fascism.
Forget about the social security retirement fund. Ditto the pathos toward dissenters against Trump visa viz FEMAS PROVISION REX 84...AMERICAN GULAGS.
This is true. Just like inflation is WAY worse than it seems. Housing, education and healthcare inflation are SO MUCH HIGHER than captured by normal inflation statistics.
Inflation statistics are quoted as a rate of change in the cost of living. What we are experiencing is a reduced rate of change in the cost of living under Biden - not a reversal of the increases that have already taken place. So, while prices are not moving up as fast as they were, they are not going back down, either.
Inflation is a mode of wealth transfer from the masses to the wealthy elites. Of course the mainstream media keep saying how everything is going so great... its going wonderful for them! The more crushed the working class gets, the more big corporations brag about their monster profit increases!
That is not true. Inflation seems a lot worse than it is due to corporate price gouging.
Biden has a plan to reel in corporate profits.
But has a split congress.
Is their plan any good? Nobody knows. But it is the only plan offered. By either party.
so we have hard fashism or soft fashism... still a fashism...
???
Trump is Putins masterpiece.
Yes. People refuse this as a conspiracy. It's not.
Fascism died with the Italy of WW2.
Franco + Salazar were fascists through the early 70's, and with the fascist USA SCOTUS, it is now in the USA.
I love how u guys just wanna give up ..
jesus, some of us were using the fascist label years ago. guess now its mainstream and a reason to write a book.
btw, this podcast is a shameless plug.
Thom, what kind of a narrative driving title is this? You wrote this title like fascism is a fact of life that we can not avoid. Are you working for the Heritage Foundation now?
I'm in the middle of trying to move out of Texas as a third generation Texan, the shitshow of our government here is extremely scary for me. Austin is still "liberal" but we are being encroached upon by a holes like Elon and Rogan, and the red pulse of the rural Texan is starting to choke us, even in this cool hippie city that gave us Willie Nelson and Janis., among many others. It just doesn't feel as "friendly" here anymore either. Sarah Weddington, Molly Ivins, and Anne Richards are looking down and weeping, as the work they did for women is being destroyed by Gilead.
Imagination Time...
I'm more worried about the authoritarian government in charge right now.
...please explain your oppressed condition (the more details, the better)...
You are the problem.
@@relicofgold No, I am the solution.
@@dr.emilschaffhausen4683 A legend in your own mind no doubt. Ignoramus.
@@relicofgold Why do you bury your head in the sand to all of the chaos created by Biden and his ilk?
can't happen too soon!
LOL - more BS about what won't happen.
I'm sorry... Stelter??? You (and he) are a joke.
what a rambling, watery and pointless segment.