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My interpretation of the above fact is this:

Be cautious when you hear people loudly proclaiming “we’re for the working class” (Republicans) or “down with the oligarchs.” (Democrats)

This shows us that bad guys have used pro-worker language to gain public support, only to later strip away freedoms and centralize the power.

In short when a guy like Soros or Trump says they are for working class do not trust them.



i mean, what it sounds like you're trying to say is "the owner class will lie to the working class when it benefits them"... which I agree with...

but the way you reached this conclusion is that you disagree with the framing of contemporary US right-wing conservative activity as fascist?

even when Elon Musk and Steve Bannon, two private citizens who are very close to the levers of power, are on camera sieg-heiling?

even when the president of the united states pardoned paramilitary actors like the Proud Boys and Patriot Front members who actually did real violence?

even when people are being sent to a concentration camp in another country with no due process?

even when people who protest this administration's policies and actions are being targeted for professional blacklisting (lawyers, judges) or arrested and held without due process (eg, mahmoud khalil)?

if these actions are not close enough or akin to the actions of the Nazis (or other fascist movements) for the impact of these things to supersede a very pedantic definition of either term, then you must be willfully ignoring the intent behind applying those terms - they might not be "Nazis" but they're doing the things Nazis did, and that's extremely bad and worth comparison.




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