The former Republican governor said that he was backing the Democrat because a Trump victory would mean ‘four more years of bullshit’
  • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime.

    Spoken like a true republican.

    Democratic administrations are better with the economy than republican administrations in virtually every case for the last 75 years. Plus, don’t forget that Clinton not only balanced the budget during his term, he left office with a projected budget surplus that Gee Dubya threw away with his tax cuts for the rich and unfunded wars.

    As for crime, crime rates have been steadily dropping for decades and continued to drop under the Biden administration. In fact, violent crime rates are near a 50-year low!

      • LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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        26 days ago

        MAGA is fascism, full stop. That’s not just my opinion – if you can read this list with honesty and not conclude they’re fascists, you’re lying to yourself:

        1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
        2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
        3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
        4. Supremacy of the Military
        5. Rampant Sexism
        6. Controlled Mass Media
        7. Obsession with National Security
        8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
        9. Corporate Power is Protected
        10. Labor Power is Suppressed
        11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
        12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment
        13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
        14. Fraudulent Elections (or claims thereof)

        It’s outright fascism. That is not hyperbole. And fascism is always a suicide cult. It destroys everything it touches, including itself.

        • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          26 days ago

          7. Obsession with National Security

          I think they’ve quietly dropped this one, since they don’t seem to mind Trump being owned by a Russian dictator, his son-in-law getting two billion dollars from the Saudis, or Trump stealing classified documents and casually leaving them lying around for foreign agents to help themselves to.