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BlueIn_W_Pa

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6. This kinda' defined fascism, and it's not a left/right problem, but power

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Wed Aug 2, 2023, 11:05 AM

Aug 2023

"The last forty years have seen a huge proliferation of think tanks and political NGOs whose purpose, beneath all the verbiage, is to execute political agendas by proxy. Powerful corporations are part of the nexus of power around the state, and enjoy the ability to deploy its coercive power, just as the state often exerts its influence through the agency of powerful corporations."

Julian Assange, When Google Met Wikileaks, January 1, 2014

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Why Fascists Call Their Enemies Communists Even If They Haven't Read Karl Marx? - Thom Hartmann [View all] Rhiannon12866 Aug 2023 OP

As a lifelong Democrat, I have never once had anyone talk to me about Marx or suggest brewens Aug 2023 #1

I'm not familiar with that, either, but then I'm careful about discussing my politics Rhiannon12866 Aug 2023 #2

There is nothing wrong reading about that stuff, and if you want to really understand Escurumbele Aug 2023 #3

Sun Tzu: "Keep your friends close; keep your enemies closer." BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #5

Nostalgia. ChazInAz Aug 2023 #4

This kinda' defined fascism, and it's not a left/right problem, but power BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #6