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142 sats \ 3 replies \ @tomlaies 22 Sep \ parent \ on: The dollar is having its worst year in decades econ
be more like China and less like Norway?
This would also explain the communist policies by MAGA like taking stakes in companies and sponsoring new ventures
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 22 Sep
Does that surprise you though? There's a reason why Bernie Sanders has said on multiple topics that he agrees with Trump.
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120 sats \ 1 reply \ @tomlaies 22 Sep
Bernie Sanders and MAGA are indeed very alike. Both have as a primary motivation being against "the elites". Both are pro gun. Both are populists that want to solve complex problems by simple slogans, none of which including shrinking the state.
A thinker/philosopher of the Bernie wing, Slavoj Žižek, said it best why so many Commies like him like Trump:
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @crenshaw 22 Sep
It is an interesting thought exercise to imagine what a Bernie presidency would have evolved into given the environment of the last decade. Unfortunately I think the vast inequality coupled with the bipolar extremism fueled by social media still brings us to a similar inflection point of outrage and violence.
That's an intriguing idea in that video, of Trump and MAGA being the heirs of the 60s counterculture and civil rights movements. Thanks for the share
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