Reaganomics is neoliberalism. The vast majority of modern Democrat politicians support neoliberalism. To condemn Reagan is to condemn the Democrats. They defend the economic elite at the expense of the world. There's no point claiming the system is meant to do what it constantly fails to do.

"megaconglomerates who own the media decide to fight fascism" sounds like an onion headline lol Fascism is happening because the people in power want it to happen.

Unfortunately, they are the epitome of historical American values. You should read A People's History of the United States

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Emergency protest in Portland, if you havent already seen it. Please repost, even if you dont live here. Organize a protest in your area if there isnt one. It may seem pointless to go be mad and yell at nazis, but staying home kills the momentum of collective resistance. Dont normalize complicity.

Frederick Douglass, 1857

If a man points a gun at your head, is it considered violent to defend yourself? Even if you kill him? If a known murderer points a gun at the head of a child, is it considered violent to save the child by shooting the murderer? Self defense is a human right. Defense of others is an obligation.

The Declaration of Independence is pretty clear on what needs to happen. Citation for second image: pnhp.org/news/gilens-...

Sound familiar? Virtuous words decrying the evil and greed of individual politicians. 250 years of evil winning by conveniently slim margins. There's no point claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do. The purpose of a system is what it does.

"great white father" is used sarcastically. Our government literally self-identified the president as "the great father" of everyone on the continent lmao. This is the same government we have today, not some ancient or far-off civilization.

Quote from Alexander Hamilton

A friend sent me the first meme and i had to make the second one

One of my friends works in social media and advertising for their company, and apparently meta flagged one of their ad partners for being "political". The ad is for Electrify Portland!, a family oriented solar energy fair www.electrifyportland.org

Portlanders: DO NOT SIGN THE "SAFER PORTLAND" PETITION!! The want to redirect money away from the Portland Clean Energy Fund and intend to redirect it to expand the Portland Police Bureau by over 1/3. Studies consistently show the truth: more cops does not reduce crime! Reject the police state!

Policing the Progressive City: Portland Oregon From Settlement to Uprising, by Kristian Williams

My cousin's friend just took these photos. They are the midwest and there were apparently four tornadoes in their general vicinity at the time.

From the thread you shared, pardon me for not repeating the same argument twice lol

A People's History of the United States, pg17 Howard Zinn Rereading one of the books that radicalized me and realizing how much i missed or forgot

This quote isnt from the Nuremberg trials, it's taken from the 1947 book "Nuremberg Diary" by Gustave M. Gilbert, where the author was able to transcribe their conversation with Goering. The context has been removed from this quote but Goering did actually say this, according to the author.

Same concept. Anyone supporting rule of law must reflect on what the law is, who writes it, who has no say in it, who enforces it, how it's enforced, who has the power to ignore it, and who is powerless against it. Our legal system is anti-democratic. It defends the rich and hurts the poor.

Im often reminded of "moderate" abolitionists who dismissed the "radical" abolitionists. "Gradual reform is the only option! The slaves will have to endure while we try to improve their conditions until they are finally free 🥰" If you support the democratic party, you would have been one of them.

There's no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do. Unions have been whittled away during Dem admins just the same as during GOP admins. Medicare and medicaid have only served to write blank checks for the private for profit medical industrial complex.