This would be a fantastic reply if one were able to articulate why these ideas are wrong, what new facts require an overhaul of those ideas, and most importantly, why MAGA’s old ideas (see: mercantilism) are what will save us.
Lost in this manufactured outrage about all the fascists the left is trying to get killed now is two things:
There’s just not that many killers targeting fascists. I don’t even have to go into whether or not you’re right that only leftists are committing violence because the number is just very low. It’s like pretending we have an epidemic of healthcare CEOs getting murdered.
Yeah, but that’s fine because their audience is 100% not deranged and violent, so only they can say whatever they want and you’re a mentally ill commie who shouldn’t be allowed to have rights if you disagree.
I mean NYC is about to elect a communist. Shouldn't not call him a communist?
We know communists history too. Trying to not get out in front of this and stop it would be irrresponsible.
I think if people self describe themselves as “democratic socialists” and advocate for things like government run grocery stores, it’s fine to call them out for what they are.
But I think it’s somewhat important to call out that the right is generally not trying to have a nuanced discussion about the pitfalls of Mamdani’s economic policies when they call him a Marxist or a Communist. It’s meant instead to invoke the Gulags, Stalin and Mao and their brutal repression of their citizens. Hell, many of the same people criticizing state-run grocery stores are openly celebrating the government’s potential ROI on its stake in Intel and insisting that tariffs are an important step to increase domestic wages. So while I think it’s absolutely worthwhile to call out economic illiteracy in all its forms, I don’t take much stock in the argument that it’s inciting violence to label your opponent a fascist but not a Marxist. They’re both just using political buzzwords to make their base demonize the other side.
