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Help, I can't convince people who have more direct experience than me that they are wrong
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I wonder why extremists hate liberals so much. They all talk of liberals with such disdain.
Capitalism in crisis leads to right wing populist fascism and it is the liberals via the ratchet effect that give rise to authoritarian control for the capitalist class. Just wait. The liberals are too busy making investments in AI to bother with our silly rights. And you'll see Trump will win a third term if he lives long enough. I mean, if you have framework, historical knowledge and you've paid attention long enough, you see the same reoccurring patterns. America is an imperialist nation and fascists are the useful idiots of empire. You know, we'll see how this goes. Eventually, you know, it'll get real enough for you to wake up and smell the coffee. If you're comfortable, you won't probably see it from... the tankies point of view. Oh, also. The United States supported Hitler during World War II. Tell me I'm wrong. https://ohdbks.overdrive.com/ohdbks-clermont/content/media/3778967[Hitlers American friends](https://ohdbks.overdrive.com/ohdbks-clermont/content/media/3778967)
That's a long way to say "just read theory bro"
Thought-terminating cliche.
Lazy canned response.
You're absolutely right yet for some reason everyone here hates it.