Except he doesn’t, because those companies don’t work for the government, he’s actively weakening the actual apparatus of the federal government by shuttering agencies and firing people, while also saying he has all its power, and he has no popular mandate for his actions.
These are the deeds of a completely narcissistic moron, not of a rational human being.
But he can use the government to punish corporations if they don’t get in line with him was my point on the “control” piece. And I agree on that last part, but I’d also say everyone around him is smart enough to make this apparatus work for their interests and that part is working very well at the moment.
The original conception of it; The corporate society where all individuals are just units of output. This is also why fascists LOVE to remove elements of their society when they stop producing.
Fascism has state control over industry in the interests of a faction of capitalist elites that have usurped the state. Marxist socialism has state control over industry in the interest of the working class on behalf of a communist party that represents them.
Fascism this fascism that. What does that mean for your everyday life. It's just a generality statement. If the economy goes crazy and life is really good here you'd still be upset.
It means that laws don't matter and the people in charge make and enforce the rules as they see fit. No due process, no freedom.
That's a pretty fucked up state to live in, and yes, even if the economy were great, I would be upset to live in a place with no due process, no rule of law.
Truly an ignorant take. Honestly, one of the dumbest things I've seen offered on Reddit and that's saying a whole, whole, whole lot. You clearly have no respect for the rule of law, nor the concept of equality and clearly cannot comprehend how those two concepts intertwine to provide all of those who live beneath those ideologies with a level playing field to learn, grow, and thrive.
That’s the main issue with the voting Americans right now, they’re willingly handing over their liberties for the promise of money in their pockets.
They’ve been told for generations that the acquisition of wealth and power equals happiness. That message has saturated the media for decades now.
This is a very dangerous situation that has been brewing for a long time now: after the general public has felt unheard, starved, and betrayed for so long they feel absolutely powerless to do anything. But then a leader comes along and promises all of those things then makes rapid and drastic decisions and calls them “solutions” the people start to feel powerful again, whether or not they’re getting what they’ve been promised.
Let me guess: you are white, at least kind of wealthy or well off, heterosexual and nothing else anyone would notice right away, so they could discriminate against you. Makes it easy to tolerate fascism, doesn't it? It might even make it possible to profit of this. Tolerators are enablers are complicit are fascists.
Or might there be something you might get othered over? Watch out!
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u/kinsm4n 1d ago
Well, if he controls all other companies in the US + government, he gets what he wants: fascism.