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LudwigPastorius

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12. "...government control of a private business???"

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2025, 11:33 PM

Jun 2025

That is fascism/corporatism, according to an old, and very dead, fascist.

"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” — Benito Mussolini

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Its time to start calling trump a communist [View all] moonshinegnomie Jun 2025 OP

No Cirsium Jun 2025 #1

it may not fit the literal definition moonshinegnomie Jun 2025 #2

This more "when they go dumb, we go dumber" TheProle Jun 2025 #8

i see a lot of upside moonshinegnomie Jun 2025 #9

I disagree and believe there are better ways to fight TheProle Jun 2025 #10

scary PeterIsMyBrother Jun 2025 #15

I quite enjoy court rulings and procedural issues that undermine his agenda. TheProle Jun 2025 #16

right, that's it PeterIsMyBrother Jun 2025 #17

Trump frequently uses the Communist clenched fist from the Spanish civil war. Ping Tung Jun 2025 #3

Didn't think of that one lol... AntiFascist Jun 2025 #11

Fascist is a much more accurate label. Fiendish Thingy Jun 2025 #4

Stalinism. nt Buzz cook Jun 2025 #5

Stalinism would have Trump appoint the people running it, Igel Jun 2025 #6

What would you call a merger of Nationalism and Socialism? JoseBalow Jun 2025 #7

"...government control of a private business???" LudwigPastorius Jun 2025 #12

It's TIME to start calling Trump a NAZI, which is more accurate!!!! Jack Valentino Jun 2025 #13

Or maybe calling him a "communist-NAZI"---- magats have no problem with Jack Valentino Jun 2025 #14

W.E.B. DuBois and Paul Robeson were communists... Trump is no communist. David__77 Jun 2025 #18