i am still somewhat stunned how words like fascism are misused by the propaganda media and politicians then gaslit to the general public. it is fundamentally a far left form of totalitarian socialism initially created by life long marxist socialist benito mussulini after ww1 when he became frustrated with italian socialist party and decided to create a more ideal form nationalist inspired socialism. although it does not completely take over the production of means (but controls through heavy state coercion & regulation), it does borrow a lot from communism including the abolishment of private property and the antithesis of traditional capitalism and economic liberalism (that the US is based on). the collective centralized state is prioritized while the individual and decentralization is diminished... although there a few differences, the national socialist workers party (aka nazi) in the 1930s germany was very similar.
https://fee.org/articles/theres-no-denying-the-socialist-roots-of-fascism/
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Our very own @YayRain (after having imbibed some golden nectar), shares with us yet one more problem with CRT....
Here's Emily Jasinsky's take on the kerfuffle around that clip of Jillian Michaels on Abby Phillip's CNN show. Posting what I would otherwise ignore as general b.s. political noise bc of Jasinsky's take, something that hadn't occurred to me, which is, as terrible as the "conversation" was, at least it was public conversation on a network that, in prior years, would never have allowed that viewpoint at the table.
That's interesting. Of course, they let it at the table only to do their level best to patronize and sneer at it, but still, it's at the table. That's a legitimate and significant change from preceding years when it comes to mainstream outlets.
Jasinsky also points out that, of all CNN's programming, Abby Phillip's show is the only one that consistently punches through to make headlines and to get passed around on social media. Which further suggests that Phillip is, of course, (not sure how I missed this) being intentionally combative--not for ideological reasons, but ...
