Although Iowa isn't deep red like its neighbor to the west, Nebraska, the state has been a frequent source of frustration to Democrats. President Barack Obama won Iowa in both 2008 and 2012, but the state went to Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020. And Iowa is home to Religious Right-friendly Republicans...
  • TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldOP
    17·
    1 year ago

    And now we get to the core. Fascism won’t go away by ignoring it. Police and military force will be required. Unfortunately, the government won’t do that because they are captured by corporations, and it would wreck the economy. So fascism will be allowed to fester until it takes over.

    • DrPop@lemmy.one
      3·
      1 year ago

      Also the police are fascist too. We need to rework our entire system from the ground up which will take a long time. Or we can burn everything and start over.

    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      And now we get to the core. Fascism won’t go away by ignoring it. Police and military force will be required. Unfortunately, the government won’t do that because they are captured by corporations, and it would wreck the economy. So fascism will be allowed to fester until it takes over.

      They are also to an extent captured by fascists. Its important to identify them and call them out as such.

    • fubo@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      It certainly doesn’t help to have fascist-collaborators telling people it’s inevitable.