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AFineWayToDie wrote

I suspect that right has a lot working in its favour, not the least of which is their support from the status quo. But depending on the scale and/or visibility of their organizing, they can also enjoy support from dark money, a willingness to engage in doublethink, and disregard for basic human decency.

I don't think they are so organized as they look; they just appear as such because they have so many means and channels with which to spread their message.

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flipshod wrote (edited )

That's the answer. They represent the interests of capital, so whatever they think or don't think, they get their electoral marching orders from capital.

A party against capital can't possibly find itself in that same situation.

That's said, I'm one who thinks that the differences amongst us can be easily synthesized. But it's not about what to think but what to do, and regarding that, we're all at a loss.

A revolution depends on the circumstances, and we don't have enough societal-wide misery for it to rise from the bottom, assuming it wouldn't just be a bloodbath.

All we can do is move and organize where we can and be ready for when.

(sorry if I sound defeatist)

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NeoAnabaptist wrote

it's not about what to think but what to do

This is the real shit right here.

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youwillgivemeanegg wrote

Honestly, I think the reason the far-right has had so much success is simply because that no matter the individual strain of fascism, insane right-wing nonsense doesn't really affect the bottom line at all, unlike something even as mild as Medicare4All

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