Let's frame this American era, while we still can.

[Baitball Blogger]

Can we say that what we're seeing is Capitalism without guardrails? Would that be fair? Because, once you diagnose the illness, it makes it easier for the young to see that regulations and guidelines are necessary.

Don't think this will work? Look what happened to those in Latin America who were victimized by socialism. It became such a boogeyman of a word that just to say it caused them to vote for Trump.

In the end, if we survive as a nation, we will need the young to see the dangers of both extremes.

[OLDMDDEM]

1. I agree with you. I will go one step farther. We need new and younger leadership with new ideas.

[sop]

2. "Fascism is capitalism with the gloves off."

“Earlier in the twentieth century some critics called fascism 'capitalism with the gloves off,' meaning that fascism was pure capitalism without democratic rights and organizations.” ― Noam Chomsky, Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order

[Ping Tung]

3. History contains little beyond a list of people who have accommodated themselves with other people's property. Voltaire

Pretty well sums it up.

[Irish_Dem]

4. It is pure evil being committed for power and money.

[LAS14]

5. Sounds good to me.

I've recently had an Aha experience. You need to rally around the problem, not just the solution.

"Let's fix a broken immigration system," instead of "Stop ICE."

"Let's put guardrails back on capitalism," instead of "Get rid of fascists.

I like it.

[Walleye]

7. We are careening down a mountain road. Guard rails aren't strong enough to protect us here.

[Walleye]

6. It's fascism because they enjoy it, and it's a good old-fashioned corruption for the money

[Moostache]

8. The definition? Today is the crime wave that leads to tomorrow's mass hangings.

The guilty will be arrested (eventually), tired (unless they kill themselves first) and ultimately some will be imprisoned and others executed comensurate with their crimes and victims.

For those ordering and carrying out murders at sea and in detention camps and at the border or in our streets, there will be no respite and no defense. If you follow orders as a member of the USA military to fire upon fellow citizens, you will be held to account. Act accodingly.