He designated cartels as foreign terrorist organizations through executive order on his inauguration day and also invoked the Alien Enemies Act. So ya, that actually was on the table since January.

Clip of his inauguration speech

Executive order: Designating Cartels And Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Specially Designated Global Terrorists

Alien Enemies Act of 1798

Why hello, my confused, stereotypical American friend. I’m sure life’s hard over there in the imperial core, so let me suggest some light reading to you, while you wait for the complete authoritarian take-over from the right, while you keep whining about the left:

Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism by Michael Parenti

An accessible exploration of the differences between fascism and communism, addressing why Western societies often conflate the two, and how capitalist interests have portrayed socialist movements as “red fascists.” Especially readable for American audiences looking for a critical but not apologetic take on “tankies” and authoritarianism.

The Authoritarian Specter by Bob Altemeyer

A highly readable introduction to the psychology of authoritarianism, focusing especially on how these tendencies can arise in ordinary Americans — not just extremists or “the other side.” Explains why people across the spectrum endorse authoritarian politics.

Or may I suggest a pretty good video, getting into the basics: Micheal Parenti’s Lecture from 1986

It’s very hard to convince the American people, that they should send their sons, maybe who knows some day even their daugthers, to go fight and die in some jungle to make the world safe for United Fruit Companies or Chase Manhattan or Procter & Gamble or ITT.

So you say: it’s to stop the threat of that communist country.

It’s very hard to convince the American people, that a tiny country like Nicaragua or Vietnam or El Salvador is a threat to US security.

So you say: It’s not Nicaragua. They are the puppets of the Cubans, who are the puppets of, bum bum bum bum, the big red bear in the Kremlin.

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If that would be the case, then I’d suggest to them to lay down the phone, go outside and touch some grass.

Their nationalism emerging through lemmy commentary is what I would call a hot take.

They’re not forced to engage in political discussion on the internet, that they have trouble to process emotionally and they are also not forced to participate in hate-based communities, neither are they forced to use hate speech in general.

This user is notoriously using hate speech and counterfactual fabrications. I appreciate you trying to explain their behavior in an effort to show solidarity with what the Ukrainian people are enduring, but I’d also caution you, not to find excuses for right-wing extremists.

Sure, he be mad. But his national identity is all he’s got, it’s how he defines himself, how he gets his self worth. Normal people don’t screech around the internet, how everyone are cockroaches and degenerates, if they only so much as try to formulate an opinion other than ‘Slava Ukraina’. That’s still hate speech.

We don’t tolerate this shit with Russians, nor Palestinians, sometimes we do with Israelis, but sane people don’t.

You don’t need to tolerate or excuse national extremism, to show support and solidarity with the people being forced to fight and die in a war.

No, we do not both know that. I don’t even know why you yap about Serbia‘s security information agency. You‘re in fantasy land again.

Prove to me that this is what “tankies” say, like in a way that shows „that‘s representative of tankies“, because you are the one accusing a whole group, that you deem to be a roaches. You can’t, because you make this shit up. Liar.

But either way, that also would never excuse your own hate speech. You don’t even reject me labeling you a Nazi or fascist, because you’re proud of it, but you are also a freaking coward, without the courage to openly say it, because it would get you in trouble. Coward.

You also failed to prove that these journalists are “supporting Russian genocidal imperialism”, but you do repeatedly delegitimize and dehumanize journalists that don’t follow your narrative. You know who does that? Facsists do.

Your attitude shows the lack of solidarity with your equals and the lack of actual humanity by consistently using dehumanizing language.

Everyone I don’t like is a Nazi!

Nah man, not everyone, you specifically.

If you keep being confronted with these kinds of accusations, maybe stop and wonder: Why does this keep happening? And no, it’s not because the people that bring forth those accusations are degenerate roaches.

Not just, but also. Anyway, if he wasn’t, I’m sure he’d be able to put forth some kind of coherent argument against that … himself, bartender.

You failed to elaborate on the victim blaming thing you just mentioned.

Also, I only called Skiluros a nazi, do you have problems with reading comprehension? You are merely a bartender — but do you identify as a nazi?

Nice one, stalker. Please, show me the part where I do that and explain to me, how that’s victim blaming.

Also, you are coming to the defense of the guy you reluctantly banned for, let me check, five whole days from your little nazi bar for repeately using dehumanizing hate speech, only after weeks during which you did not act on it, although you were confronted with it several times. You are the Bartender of a nazi bar, gj.

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Yes, you are correct in that Geopolitical economy is a contemporary Marxist approach to understanding the capitalist world historically. I don‘t see the problem. You scared of Marxism? If billionaire owned western media does not provide factual reporting, you‘ll have to go elsewhere.

As I said, focus on the substance. Do you believe what is shown there is wrong? Like, the tweets of Machado or the quoted reporting from more mainstream outlets?

Sure alright, I got heated by your sad apathy. Explain the “Disingenuous” part, tho. What’s disingenuous about what I said?

Thanks for proving my point.

No, it is fair to call disgusting tankies roaches and degenerates. There is no ideology involved.

Like, lol. But alright, let’s go, I bite.

No sane person would confirm, that it’s “fair” to use dehumanizing language. That statement only shows how far off the rails you are. But alright, what’s a tankie for you? I asked in the past, you didn’t answer. Every russian? People that support a socialist agenda? You use that as a blanket statement, as a degoratory generalisation against people that do not support your hate-fueled diarrhea. And the hate comes through in the form of dehumanising hate speech. Thanks for affirming that.

“North Korea is a great place to live and is a vanguard against imperialism” is not a serious statement.

Okay sure, so you do not think that North Korea does exist in a constant struggle against capitalist takeover? Sure, that’s an acceptable take. But why do you have to make things up and generalise, again, to then throw that fantasy take as a blanket over every “tankie”? I’m sure, there might once has been some person that might have said that, but what does that prove about anyone else, other than that person? You do realise this is disingenuous and dumb, right?

We both know that the vast majority of tankies are bored teenagers and malicious demagogues. Don’t play dumb with me.

I reject every part of that take - you seem to be living in oppositve-world. It’s driven by your ideological hate towards leftist thought. Do you ever leave your flat? Why do you keep generalising towards your degoratory use of the word “tankie”, only to excuse yourself to dehumanise people?

The tankie source does support russian genocidal imperialism.

Without yapping, prove their support for “russian genocidal imperialism”, and while doing that, please also prove the “genocidal” part. And I mean support, you know what the word means, right? Again, not just some kind of position that’s not in line with your hope and dreams for your national purity.

“The pattern shows that accusations of supporting ‘Russian genocidal imperialism’ primarily come from centrist liberals, NATO supporters, and establishment political figures who use these extreme characterizations to delegitimize any leftist critique of Western foreign policy, regardless of whether those leftists actually support Russian actions or simply advocate for diplomatic solutions and criticism of all imperial powers.” Some AI summary, because I can’t be bothered to do more for you.

You don’t even speak Ukrainian or russian and have never. You’re in position talk about “deep misunderstanding”

*no position You excluding my opinion based on nationality or language (without actually knowing which languages I speak) is an immature ad hominem, a clear sign of your nationalist character and also displays your lack of understanding socialist or communist thought. Are you claiming, that “tankies” are always russian or that every socialist is a tankie? What you say doesnt even make any sense. What’s with socialist Ukrainians, are they tankie cockroaches, too? So, do I either have to be a tankie or an enemy of a tankie to actually understand either take and formulate an opinion on them? You do have opinions on Palestine and Israel, I’ve seen. But you’re neither. You see the problem?

You’re full of shit and you are a hateful nationalist. Get fucked.

You are a national extremist, using dehumanizing language (roaches, degenerates) against your politcal opponents. Things that fascists do. People should ignore you, Mods should ban you.

The claim, that socialist journalism supports “russian genocidal imperialism” is counterfactual, based on a deep misunderstanding what their analysis means and directed by your own ideological encrustation.

Focus on the substance, here’s the evidence laid bare: Geopolitical Economy Report. Stop acting reflexively ignorant.

Oh, suddenly you don’t care? The only thing, that doesn’t make sense then, is you commenting at all. Curiously you do, tho — with vibes-based political commentary. If you’re really so apathetic, may I suggest to you to stfu.

What I got from your form of verbal maneuvering (lol), tho, is that you are not only apathetic, but also ignorant.

That’s all very vague. Be more explicit. Many argue many things.

What is the ideology you’re hinting at? Communism? What is the body count of communism? Where do you think you’ve got that that narrative from?

To round out the picture, and because body count seems so decisive, we should include capitalism, right — as fascism, many argue, is a neccessary consequence of imperial capitalism protecting itself in crisis and it’s our current economic ideology and therefore an ongoing, systematic phenomenon?

What’s the body count of capitalism?

Many would argue we currently live by an ideology with a body count of double digit millions of excess deaths annually, through poverty & hunger, healthcare inequality, workplace deaths & diseases, environmental & climate deaths, structural violence, and of course war & imperial violence.

Not the same thing. Equating the far left and the far right is nonsensical, as horseshoe theory isn’t a real thing. Giving room for such thought only strengthens extreme right positions and is exclusively used to either distract from or downplay far right commentary or elevate liberal/centrist thought as the only acceptable path. It’s interestingly never used by people from the far left themselves.

Your’s either an ignorant take or one with an agenda, which is it?

The main difference is that fascism and racism are fundamentally destructive ideologies/traits, while tankie is just a derogatory term for folks on the far left used by people that think extreme left and extreme right are the same kind if evil. It’s a display of arrogant ignorance, congratulations.

Careful with these kind of bias or fact checkers, as they’re only relevant on the left/center/right axis, which is a biased framework in and of itself. A centered position, which these checkers claim to be the least biased, are absolutely dependant on the Overton window and that window is currently so far off to the right, that any slightly leftist position might seem radical or even unthinkable.

It also only makes sense, if you are some kind of hyper centrist, absolutely ignoring what “right” and “left” actually mean and then proclaim that the center is a good thing and any extreme perspective off from the center is a bad thing. That’s either willfully ignorant or a right-wing perspective trying to appease to unpolitical people.

This fact checker also proclaims mixed factual reporting in their summary, but in the segment it says “Failed Fact Checks: None in the Last 5 years”. This is dumb and misleading.

One can see this kind of bias by them branding “concern for climate change, and racial-social equality” as far-left perspectives, while a sane person would see these things as the fucking bare minimum. Everything less than that is de facto regressive and right-wing.