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SimulationCommander's avatar

Fascists are just socialists who are smart enough to realize they would run the private sector into the ground.

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Brent Nyitray's avatar

The maddening thing is that it doesn't even dawn on them that they are the fascists.

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SimulationCommander's avatar

They're defending democracy, you see.....even if that means overriding the will of the people.

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rtj's avatar

Especially if it means overriding the will of the people.

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Koshmarov's avatar

The people clearly do not know what is good for them.

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rob's avatar

true democracy is gun control, fighting climate change , non stop funding for Ukraine and abortion on demand, everyone knows that.

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Koshmarov's avatar

"true democracy is gun control"

I believe the approved language is "gun safety" now. "Gun control" somehow proved unpopular with most of the American public despite 90 years of the would-be controllers pushin' it at the federal level.

Myself, I like a positive, redundant gun safety, as on a John Browning design. Still uncomfortable with Glocks despite their many virtues.

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Bull Hubbard's avatar

It's true, but the term has been bled of all meaning by the left, especially by antifa and their sympathizers.

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Phisto Sobanii's avatar

TheyтАЩre just following orders.

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Bernadene Zennie's avatar

TrollтАжReally? Sanders would run this country into the ground? With the Trillions spent on war and all its ugly siblings? CтАЩmon I ought not to waste my time on you Troll bot. The intellectual and political high caliber of the readers and posters here ought to have made you skidaddle; But nooooo here you are in all your algorhytmic idiocy.

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OldMillennialGuy's avatar

Bernie Sanders has the same position on war as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.

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SimulationCommander's avatar

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/politics/senate-vote-ukraine-aid-package/index.html

The final tally in the Senate was 86 to 11.

Eleven Republican senators voted against final passage of the bill: Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, John Boozman of Arkansas, Mike Braun of Indiana, Mike Crapo of Idaho, Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Mike Lee of Utah, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Roger Marshall of Kansas, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Tommy Tuberville of Alabama.

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I don't see Bernie's name anywhere on that list. I'm sure he'd totally stand up to the warmongers if he was president and not just winning vote #75 on a massive warmongering package to Ukraine.

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Phisto Sobanii's avatar

Like when he helped stop the war in Yemen?

Oh, right. Fuck Sanders.

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Bernadene Zennie's avatar

I know heтАЩs not good on FOREIGN POLICY, ( He did refuse to go to the AIPAC Gathering and changed him mind on Israel after dozens of us harassed him mercilessly at a Town Hall ) but yeah the money spent on murder and mayhem is a horrible moral stain on us and somehow all of us we will pay the unspeakable price, one way or another. Yemen is horrible, a scandal, and one can only stand so much outrage fatigue.

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SimulationCommander's avatar

https://www.rt.com/news/563760-senate-passes-ukraine-aid/

The US Senate voted on Thursday to pass a funding bill which includes $12 billion in additional military and economic aid for Ukraine. Twenty-two Republicans joined their Democrat colleagues to pass the bill, which comes after the US has already allocated around $55 billion to Kiev since February.

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00351.htm

Sanders (I-VT), Yea

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Bull Hubbard's avatar

Sanders is the biggest political whore to come down the pike since Hubert Humphrey. Sanders is worse, in fact. He's proven himself willing to reverse himself and sell out the "Bros" whenever it's to his political advantage.

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Bernadene Zennie's avatar

Really? Getting him elected wouldve meant nothing or worse? He is yes, being realistic a sl careerist b c one can only fight huge power so far without OVERWHELMING support from other sectors. The corporokleptcrats were never again going to let an even ersatz FDRin power. But I am not so cynical as to think he would тАШve caved and rotted like the so called squad had enough of regular humans supported him. My 2 cents. Sorry you are so angry. Not good for the old ticker. Just sayinтАЩ

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