ChonkyOwlbear @ ChonkyOwlbear @lemmy.world

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About 163 million out of 340 million people work. The rest are subsidized.

It passed 220-208, so no it wouldn't have changed anything.

“I can only say that the friendship that we have for this nation, the respect and the admiration we have for the people of this nation, their courage, their tenacity, their firmness in the face of very great odds, is one that makes us proud to stand with Israel, as we have in the past in times of trouble.”

• Richard Nixon 1974

https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/this-week-in-jewish-history--united-states-president-richard-nixon-becomes-first-american-president-to-visit-israel

"In the Middle East, in particular, a strong, credible America remains the best guarantor of Israel's integrity and survival as a free nation."

Ronald Reagan 1982

https://www.reaganfoundation.org/ronald-reagan/quotes/a-strong-credible-america-remains-the-best-guarantor

Objectively false

How so?

The only deflection is pretending that what is happening in Gaza is Biden's idea and not a continuation of 70 years of policy held by both parties.

Do you think Biden is the prime minister of Israel?

Go ahead, tell me how Trump and the Republicans are better than the Democrats. I'm sure any explanation you give won't make it glaringly obvious don't belong to any minority groups.

"Authoritarianism is a political system characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in democracy, separation of powers, civil liberties, and the rule of law."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism

Democrats do not reject political plurality.

Democrats do not reduce democracy (rather they increase it by defending voting rights).

Democrats protect the separation of powers, civil liberties, and the rule of law.

Democrats do not fit the definition of nationalism, let alone ultranationalism.

They do not hold strong beliefs in hierarchy, oppose democracy, or oppose egalitarianism. That's just an outright lie.

Let's go with Umberto Eco's definition since it is well known and it is numbered for easy reference.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Fascism#Overview

The only part that might apply to Democrats is #6.

The system as it stands does not support third parties and Democrats are the only hope we have of changing that system without massive bloodshed and suffering.

Trump and his fascist goons are worse. Period. End of discussion.

You really should look up the definition of fascist, because you are using it wrong.

One side are literal fascists and the other is not. Nothing else matters compared to that.

All immigration law in the US has always been about upholding white supremacy. That is why the first federal immigration law was called the Asian Exclusion Act.

That's a great way of putting it.

I would argue a community can decide their membership, but society is a collection of communities and cannot decide their membership. Otherwise you end up with theocracies and/or racial supremacist states.

I think immigration laws are inherently a violation of universal human rights. What is a more basic expression of freedom and liberty than being able to choose where in the world to build your life?

Firing judges who resist him

Dissolution of Congress

Deployment of military on US soil to control citizens.

Alteration or abandonment of the Constitution.

You're right we are definitely on the spectrum of dictatorship, but it can get much much worse.

It's worth noting that all of the 15 voting to restrict arms sales were Democrats.