How a Century of Anti-Communism Cleared the Way for Trump’s Authoritarianism

https://truthout.org/articles/how-a-century-of-anti-communism-cleared-the-way-for-trumps-authoritarianism/

This trope has long been used to justify repression of anarchists, communists, liberals, immigrants, and unions.

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kvasir476@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 45d (6 replies)

anarchists, communists, liberals, immigrants, and unions

lol, one of these things is not like the others...

eldavi@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 45d (4 replies)

they might as well be in the minds of red maga

kvasir476@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 45d (3 replies)

Then write that instead of some ahistorical nonsense about how "the trope of anti-communism has LONG been used to justify repression of liberals." For 100+ years the boot on the neck of communists, socialists, anarchists, trade-unionists, etc. has been directly from liberals.

eldavi@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 45d (2 replies)

and overwhelming majority of neoliberals -- which encompasses both red and blue maga -- refuse to accept that this happened.

Maeve@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 44d

Liberal means the style of government.

Maeve@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 44d

Liberal is the whole political spectrum.

Maeve@kbin.earth · 3 pts · 45d