@Lash,
But what is this "new fascism" coming from the left? That's the point I wished to see clarified.
Quote:When newspapers print lies and work with pollsters to intentionally mislead the public in a wild power play to throw an election —and everybody knows it—and no one is held accountable for it, this is a huge step toward totalitarian control of a country.
I think I know what you're talking about, but I believe the consequences you see are somewhat exaggerated. Opinion polls, no matter how skewed, are very different from the crooked plebiscites often seen in real totalitarian countries.
Quote:This period in American history will be remembered as our last chance to destroy the power structure and take back our country.
It's a worldwide phenomenon, and not restricted to the USA by any means. I think it's as much an anthropological problem as a political one.
Simply "destroying the power structure" seems short-sighted as a goal. That's a recipe for anarchy and the probable emergence of a new power structure which is no better than the corporate controlled oligarchy we see today.
Quote:People will wonder why we did nothing to stop our government.
People elected Trump, didn't they? His administration has done a lot to "stop the government" — stopped collecting the revenue necessary to reduce the staggering deficit, stopped supporting political democracy in Europe, stopped any effort to fix the problems in the ACA, stopped the government from ordering industries to curb pollution, stopped any effort to reign in carbon emissions, stopped the government from recognizing long held positions on people seeking asylum, stopped promoting gender equality. Personally, I feel that "stopping the government" is not a particularly constructive tactic — if anything,
responsible government needs a shot in the arm, not in the head.