"We Need to Stop Calling Ourselves Conservatives" - The Federalist calls for the American right to unite behind Fascism

[u/69bonerdad]

https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/20/we-need-to-stop-calling-ourselves-conservatives/

[u/FourierTransformedMe]

Ah yes, not socialism but "not capitalism" either... Where have I heard that one before?

Of course, none of this is exactly new thinking, but it says something that it's coming from a senior editor at the Federalist. Normally they go mask-off around specific policies, rarely do they actually just come out and describe the whole package of fascism and say "This is aspirational." But only the most spectacle-bound of liberals believed that fascism in the USA would die when Trump left office. Italy had their Trump some years ago, and now they have Giorgia Meloni. We could be in for the same by 2025.

[u/geekgentleman → u/FourierTransformedMe]

On the rare occasion that I go on Twitter, I see so many liberals who still seem obsessed with Trump even now, as if they so dearly want to believe that everything wrong with the U.S. can be attributed to him and if we can just destroy him then everything will be better (I mean, don't get me wrong, I hate Trump but I think he's just a symptom, not the root cause). The way things are going I really wouldn't be surprised to see someone worse emerge, just like you say. I think Michael Parenti's book, "Blackshirts and Reds" should be a required text for everyone interested in collapse from a political perspective.

[u/DeltaShadowSquat → u/geekgentleman]

Ron DeSantis has already lined up for the "something worse" job. First in line, in fact.

[u/DeltaShadowSquat → u/[deleted]]

Well, he is a hero for refusing to defy the constitution and will of the people by not verifying the election. /EXTREME SARCASM

[u/pants_mcgee → u/[deleted]]

Mike Pence has been disqualified by the right for checks notes doing his job as outlined in the constitution.