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Biden’s D-Day Speech Nailed the Threat of Modern Fascism (www.thedailybeast.com)

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With these words Biden addressed the bitter irony that haunted the commemoration ceremonies. While D-Day occurred eight decades ago, America is now just five months from an election that could bring to power a man and a movement who embody and celebrate the twisted authoritarian values of the enemies we sought to defeat so long ago.

Fascism has not gone away. The tactics of the Nazis to employ racism and demagoguery to divide society and enable their seizure of power and their gutting of democratic institutions currently are the playbook of Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.

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[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 51 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This is exactly my largest concern with Trump’s plans for foreign policy:

Some of those were the members of the GOP MAGA alliance that for months blocked aid to Russia and who have made—much like those who opposed U.S. involvement in the Second World War—“America First” their rallying cry. To them, Biden said, “Isolation was not the answer 80 years ago and is not the answer today.”

Russia has been committing genocide in Ukraine by abducting over 700,000 Ukrainian children, placed in foster care to be raised as Russians. Trump told Viktor Orbán, the autocratic PM of Hungary, that he would not give a penny to Ukraine if he takes office again.

Pulling support from Taiwan and the Philippines, in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea, would result in immediate control of their imports by China and Russia.

Trump supports Israel in total eradication of Palestinians and suggests they stop recording and reporting the atrocities.

He previously repealed a law on Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory that Biden has since reinstated. Netanyahu was so grateful that he named a settlement after Trump in Golan Heights.

Trump plans to give Putin, Xi, and Netanyahu the freedom to take what they want under the guise of isolationism.

[-] slurpinderpin@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago

More of the college crowd needs to see this and really think about their “protest vote” in November. It can and will get much much worse if we don’t vote for Biden.

Do I want a better Democratic candidate? Of course. I also realize that Joe is leagues better than Trump, despite any deficiencies

[-] Pfeffy@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

Kind of hard for him to be taken seriously talking about ending fascism while actively supporting Israel which was founded by open fascists.

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

"The cost of the defeat of tyranny, is paid by the blood of the young and brave."

True then, true now.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

While supporting Nazi style Genocide of the Palestinians.

Irony levels are peaking

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