HOT SPOT - Bernie Sanders calls the Republican Party a "Stalinist cult"
Bernie Sanders calls the Republican Party a "Stalinist cult" https://t.co/LELYLKttGk He actually calls the Republican party a Stalinist party, a cult of personality
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/32575402
Americans - even Americans like Bernie - have an incredibly shallow understanding of history. They will recall a few key words and ideas from their history classes, but probably even more just from the environment around us, which is skewed towards reproducing capitalism. So they understand historical subjects only at the most basic level and usually not in a way that is correct.
I don’t think historical ignorance is a huge problem in itself. The bigger problem is, despite their incredible levels of ignorance, Americans will insist their understanding of history is inviolably correct; No American will ever say “well, you sure seem to know a lot about Stalin, I don’t know anything so tell me more”. Suggest anything about Stalin outside of “authoritarian dictator who kiled millions and made everyone clap” and Americans will INSiST you are wrong and they are right, regardless of who has actually put in any work.
The USian compulsion to externalize every problem it has as analogous to a foreigner (sometimes even a caricature of a foreigner made up by the US) is really something that should be studied. It's like this knee-jerk inability to take on any responsibility for the US fundamentally being shit. Possibly in part due to the religious-like treatment of the constitution. And the endless vilifying of leaders and/or peoples of other countries over decades, which has made it basically a constant thing to have one foreign specter or another in the public view.
It's just projection as a result of collective narcissism. This stuff has been studied to death.
Ah, Bernie, why are you such a disappointment...
Use the correct category, Bernie, compare fascists with fascists. Otherwise we all will be right to call you a fascist and a Zionist apologist as well.
Well he can’t call out his respected colleagues in the Republican Party for their open admiration of Hitler, because that would be antisemitic and uncivil.
wtf I love the Republican Party now
The time has come for a second prostate solution
Wasn't that asshole just on Joe Rogan for like the 5th time
i wish
