Speaking on sacred ground in Normandy, the president correctly drew parallels between America’s enemies in World War II and the threats we face domestically and globally today.

With these words Biden addressed the bitter irony that haunted the commemoration ceremonies. While D-Day occurred eight decades ago, America is now just five months from an election that could bring to power a man and a movement who embody and celebrate the twisted authoritarian values of the enemies we sought to defeat so long ago.

Fascism has not gone away. The tactics of the Nazis to employ racism and demagoguery to divide society and enable their seizure of power and their gutting of democratic institutions currently are the playbook of Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.

  • slurpinderpin@lemmy.world
    357·
    5 months ago

    More of the college crowd needs to see this and really think about their “protest vote” in November. It can and will get much much worse if we don’t vote for Biden.

    Do I want a better Democratic candidate? Of course. I also realize that Joe is leagues better than Trump, despite any deficiencies

    • anticolonialist@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      348·
      5 months ago

      Let it burn and maybe democrats will finally see they are contributing to the rightward fascism we are experiencing.

      A 3rd party vote is not a protest vote, a protest vote is one cast against something, the way Democrats do.

      • LongMember69@lemmy.world
        366·
        5 months ago

        I’ve gotta give you kudos:

        I see you all over these comment sections like it’s your full time job and you consistently have the absolute worst takes. Brain rot GOAT

        • anticolonialist@lemmy.cafeEnglish
          533·
          5 months ago

          Your method isn’t working, that’s like repeatedly banging your head on the wall wondering why the fuck you have a headache.

          • kiku123@feddit.de
            71·
            5 months ago

            I guess I don’t understand. If you don’t vote, then the Democrats will move further right to grab more of the Republican votes…

            • anticolonialist@lemmy.cafeEnglish
              213·
              5 months ago

              Good, let the 2 of the duke it out to see who wins. Theres only room for 1 right wing party in the US.

              Even if I did vote their actions reflect that they dont care what voters think, or that we have any influence on policy

      • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
        51·
        5 months ago

        People who say “burn it down” always assume theirs won’t be one of the millions of lives this plan ends.

        • anticolonialist@lemmy.cafeEnglish
          210·
          5 months ago

          I know things will be rough in the beginning. But something’s gotta give, this whole red fascist vs blue fascist thing isn’t working out for the working class. We are having the exact same conversations about wages housing, healthcare, education, etc for decades. These were the same issues MLK was fighting for 60 years ago. And we’ve gotten nowhere because white liberals, who he said was the largest stumbling block towards freedom, are too afraid to upset the apple cart. They are afraid of losing THEIR privilege to gain the rights of others