Dominican Republic and Turkey have experienced fascist movements and politicians, but they’ve never been fascist, afaik; they are bourgeois democracies nowadays with ultra-right factions.
Domincan Republic have a fascist and neoliberal gov’t and are one great US bootlicker in the region. The Domincans rep are literally following the same playbook as their imperialist dad in the treatment of immigrants.
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To illustrate what I mention above, this is one poster in a hospital showing the protocol to hunt Haitians migrants:
Yes, they are, but they were also couped by the United States.
Either way, they are not fascist; I’ve been there. I know how they treat the Haitains. You haven’t seen anything yet compared to the opposition party in the Dominican Republic.
Same with Turkey, which has worse factions than the AKP.
I am new to communism, so take this with a grain of salt.
Here in Brasil, the strongest leftist party is the Workers’ Party. Communist Ian Neves and other communists condemn it as socdem. Yet Ian Neves strongly criticizes Trots who supported Dilma’s unfair impeachment and Lula’s imprisonment. He has also explicitly opposed accelerationism, because it leads to fascism which can make workers’ lives miserable (bad in itself) and effectively crush communist movements. But I do not apply that reasoning to the dispute between the GOP and the “Democrats”.
In Brasil, Lula has grave defects (bourgeois concessions), but he is far better than Bolsonaro or Tarcisio or any other neofascist, and much better even than the old supposedly civilized neoliberals like Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
In the US, would Kamala Harris be considerably better than Trump? She would have far better decorum, of course, but Palestine genocide would probably be just as bad as under Trump (as it was under Biden). She would murder Venezuelans just as mercilessly. She would give even more weapons to Ukraine. She would persecute American dissident students and leftists just as hard. All that with more competence and way more effective theater of pretending to defend democracy and human rights. McCarthyism and imperialism are bipartisan.
The only advantage I see for a Kamala victory would have been less hate and attacks on trans people. A big advantage indeed, but in my opinion that wouldn’t justify defending Kamala. Leftists should vote for a real socialist party, organize, and build mutual aid. I am an ignorant cishet male, so take with grain of salt.
Anyway, you mentioned voting for the PSL (which is praised on Lemmy), so probably we agree on substance, and I only miscommunicated on the previous comment. I don’t see myself as accelerationist.
Okay, we already agree. Also, if Kamala is truly as good as you say, then sure, vote for her if you want. What’s wrong with that? She would’ve disillusioned more liberals like Obama and Biden did. So who cares either way.
Why do you put PSL on a pedestal? I may only vote for them because they’re the lesser evil. There’s nothing praiseworthy about an org with a lot of sex pests and transphobes.
Accelerationism is bad and the Democrats will accelerate the collapse by pissing off their base further.
Accelerationism leads to fascism.
To the third world, American fascism has been around for a while. Ask Palestine.
This is just American imperialism coming back home
Uh, to the Dominican Republic and Turkey, American fascism hasn’t been around for a while so, no, you’re incorrect.
Imperialism is not fascism.
It’s been fascism since the word was a word.
Dominican Republic and Turkey have experienced fascist movements and politicians, but they’ve never been fascist, afaik; they are bourgeois democracies nowadays with ultra-right factions.
Makan, have you checked how the Dominican Republic treats our fellow haitian comrades?
This is just one example:
Domincan Republic have a fascist and neoliberal gov’t and are one great US bootlicker in the region. The Domincans rep are literally following the same playbook as their imperialist dad in the treatment of immigrants.
Edit
To illustrate what I mention above, this is one poster in a hospital showing the protocol to hunt Haitians migrants:
Yes, they are, but they were also couped by the United States.
Either way, they are not fascist; I’ve been there. I know how they treat the Haitains. You haven’t seen anything yet compared to the opposition party in the Dominican Republic.
Same with Turkey, which has worse factions than the AKP.
I am new to communism, so take this with a grain of salt.
Here in Brasil, the strongest leftist party is the Workers’ Party. Communist Ian Neves and other communists condemn it as socdem. Yet Ian Neves strongly criticizes Trots who supported Dilma’s unfair impeachment and Lula’s imprisonment. He has also explicitly opposed accelerationism, because it leads to fascism which can make workers’ lives miserable (bad in itself) and effectively crush communist movements. But I do not apply that reasoning to the dispute between the GOP and the “Democrats”.
In Brasil, Lula has grave defects (bourgeois concessions), but he is far better than Bolsonaro or Tarcisio or any other neofascist, and much better even than the old supposedly civilized neoliberals like Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
In the US, would Kamala Harris be considerably better than Trump? She would have far better decorum, of course, but Palestine genocide would probably be just as bad as under Trump (as it was under Biden). She would murder Venezuelans just as mercilessly. She would give even more weapons to Ukraine. She would persecute American dissident students and leftists just as hard. All that with more competence and way more effective theater of pretending to defend democracy and human rights. McCarthyism and imperialism are bipartisan.
The only advantage I see for a Kamala victory would have been less hate and attacks on trans people. A big advantage indeed, but in my opinion that wouldn’t justify defending Kamala. Leftists should vote for a real socialist party, organize, and build mutual aid. I am an ignorant cishet male, so take with grain of salt.
Anyway, you mentioned voting for the PSL (which is praised on Lemmy), so probably we agree on substance, and I only miscommunicated on the previous comment. I don’t see myself as accelerationist.
Okay, we already agree. Also, if Kamala is truly as good as you say, then sure, vote for her if you want. What’s wrong with that? She would’ve disillusioned more liberals like Obama and Biden did. So who cares either way.
Why do you put PSL on a pedestal? I may only vote for them because they’re the lesser evil. There’s nothing praiseworthy about an org with a lot of sex pests and transphobes.