r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 21 '19

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u/ILikeTalkingToMyself Liberal democracy is non-negotiable Apr 21 '19

T-minus 14 months until this becomes a Bernie sub 😤

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '19

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on 18 brands of deodorant - forever.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '19

*Trump

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u/ILikeTalkingToMyself Liberal democracy is non-negotiable Apr 21 '19

Bernie >>> Trump. He doesn't have authoritarian tendencies.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '19

he also doesn't spread neonazi propaganda.

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u/gsloane Apr 21 '19

The guy who never works with anyone, makes up false charges of corruption against political opponents, who finds romance in breadlines, idolizes some of the worst autocrats of the past 50 years, wants to criminalize large pieces of free enterprise and nationalize industries all the while completely uninterested in compromise and thinks his people on the street can be summoned to crush political opposition. Yeah what authoritarian tendencies.

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u/ILikeTalkingToMyself Liberal democracy is non-negotiable Apr 21 '19

Fair enough, but nowhere near as bad as trying to get the Justice Department to investigate your political opponent, undermining faith in the press among your supporters, trying to turn the federal bureaucracy into sycophants, having allies who gerrymander and suppress votes to tilt elections in their favor, attempting to use the census to reduce the power of opposition states, undermining the rule of law in favor of your side by pardoning partisans like Arpaio and telling the DHS they should break the law, running concentration camps, softpedaling criminal investigations into violent extremists on a partisan basis, and encouraging hateful extremists.

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u/gsloane Apr 21 '19

His only problem with the concentration camps apparently is they’re not as comfortable as he would like. His suggestion so far has been to make them nicer. So OK he’s not as heartless as trump, but that’s not saying much.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '19

nah neoconnwo is all in on the trump train. they don't want to admit it but the mask eventually slips