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The public doesn’t understand the risks of a Trump victory. That’s the media’s fault (www.theguardian.com)

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The press must get across to American citizens the crucial importance of this election and the dangers of a Trump win. They don’t need to surrender their journalistic independence to do so or be “in the tank” for Biden or anyone else.

It’s now clearer than ever that Trump, if elected, will use the federal government to go after his political rivals and critics, even deploying the military toward that end. His allies are hatching plans to invoke the Insurrection Act on day one.

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[-] [email protected] 113 points 10 months ago

Because the media want him to run. Trump brings ratings. They are not incentivized to care about educating anyone; entertainment pays the bills.

[-] [email protected] 84 points 10 months ago

Also because the media is owned by billionaires, who skew towards favoring fascism as a matter of class solidarity.

[-] [email protected] 50 points 10 months ago

Also because billionaires tend to be sociopaths since that kind of wealth hoarding isn’t really possible unless you have little empathy for others. Sociopaths love fascism because it lets them take what they want by force, ignore social norms, and enslave or genocide anyone who they deem an impediment.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

That I will not understand. Fascists are opportunists first. If they see a reason to hate on some billionaire they’ll eat him faster than the poor will. They don’t care that you gave them millions in campaign money, if your kid is gay and you say “maybe it’s okay to have gay kids” they’ll turn on you.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

They're one in the same. The opprotunist fascists are the billionaires. The same sociopathy that rewards capitalists also gives rise to fascists. Its hand in hand.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

And history has demonstrated capitalists and fascists being allies.

Edit: this Atlantic article deals with IBM helping Hitler. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/04/hitlers-willing-business-partners/303146/

Edit: now the article below is from a left wing political mag so beat that in mind.

https://jacobin.com/2022/08/nazi-germany-national-socialism-hypercaptialism-social-darwinism-liberalism

Even aside from the fact that other conservative and liberal parties actually voted for full powers to Hitler in 1933, his regime was characterized by massive interventions to help out private business. And the social Darwinism championed by the Nazis, counting the “unproductive” as mere wasteful expense, obeyed the logic of judging human life by the yardstick of profit.

Edit: I'll see if I can find anything else.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

If anyone else thinks its weird that capitalists, nazis, and billionaires always seem to be in close nit circles; stop thinking its weird.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

I realize the following is from R**** 😲 but it is AskHistorians and so, quality post and well cited.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/s/y8h0zJqf18

[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

They are not incentivized to care about educating anyone; entertainment pays the bills.

Exactly. Back in the day, news divisions of corporations often operated at a loss because news was regarded as a public service; now they're expected to always turn a profit.

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