"“Trump Is the Nominee. Fascism Is on the Ballot"
Author Jeff Sharlet, expert on the far right, discusses "another landmark in the acceleration of fascism in the US."
Sharlet describes:
* how Trump is appealing to broader groups of Americans
* why the political press is failing to capture the fascist movement
* the importance of resisting its growth.
“It’s popular front time. It’s broad coalition time.”
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Fascism was on the ballot before trump got on it. Now its just on there one more extra time.
Fascism was already on the ballot when the Supreme Court voted for George W. Bush for president.
Has less to do with class hiararchy and more to do with corruption and greed being common among our politicians. Their class isnt the problem, the fact that we pick the corrupt people, regardless of their class, is.
You are always welcome to share your views if you wish, im not going anywhere. Have a nice nap.
Briefly, the argument goes (as you would recognise, given your cultural background) that, prior to the city state, humans had spent hundreds of thousands of years in relatively egalitarian groups. Greed, etc. were there, but were controlled by group norms & rules.
The city state bred mass slavery - class hierarchy in the sense of permanent, racist othering (born a slave, always a slave)
Below is about the origins of class hierarchy as an extension of gender hierarchy.
Im not sure that makes the argument you say it makes.
I mean you point out, and i would have agreed with this befor eyou stated it, that the existence of greed and corruption is magnified as population density increases. This is clearly true. This in no way is suggestive that class structures cause it, rather than the simple population density being the cause.
As for class hierarchy as an extension of gender hierarchy, that too is a tangent and even if we agreed one is an extension of the other that doesnt advance the underlying point you were trying to make. So it is moot as well.
Re: "This in no way is suggestive that class structures cause it [greed & corruption]"
Heavens, no, that is not my argument. I made the point that such traits are part of our evolved nature.
So, any discussion would have to begin from a clear, comprehensive statement of my actual argument.
Plus, I wonder if yours & my notions of "class hierarchy" correspond.
Plus, social media doesn't really suit nuanced & complex discussion.
So I already feel as if I need another nap 😁
But thx
@freemo
Oh, doc, I could spend as long as it takes to defend my 50 years of scholarship on the question 😁😁😁 But I need a nap first 🥱
@paezha