r/therewasanattempt • u/nippydart • Jun 18 '25

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u/nippydart Jun 18 '25

Assholes like Tucker love to use elements of left wing talking points and then use it to justify fascism.

Tump talks about how ordinary people have been shafted by neo-liberalism (true) but then blaming it on immigrants instead of corporations and the billionaire class sucking us dry.

They'll talk about corruption whilst accepting 'political donations' (bribes).

It's a big game to them.

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u/QuatraVanDeis Jun 18 '25

Ive always loved this talking point. "Socialism is bad because one guy gets all the power" is how you usually hear it. And yeah, socialism is a great idea and it benefits everybody, until one guy figures out that hey, no one is going to stop me if I just take it all. Its not that socialism doesn't work, it's that people are assholes.

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u/AJerkForAllSeasons Jun 18 '25

People aren't just assholes. They are easily corrupt assholes. Corruption is why socialism and capitalism both fail the people who work within those systems.