• WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The irony is that corporate America and wealthy individuals have been doing this for several decades, and you’re acting like it just started! 50 years of neoliberalism created the conditions for fascism to succeed.

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      2 months ago

      Yes, but we’d be playing ourselves for fools if we didn’t admit that this time it’s different.

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        2 months ago

        I’d say the only thing that’s different is the volume and blatantness of the corruption. Selling out the country for profit is always criminal, and it’s so bad they don’t even need to hide it anymore; decades of legalized corruption, putting corporations first, and zero consequences created the conditions for Trump to go mask off .