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[–] Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world 96 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What in the demented word salad hell did I just read?

[–] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 90 points 11 months ago (6 children)

"You think it's accidental; I know it's Marxist planned and executed over a long period," he claimed. "Open border is not coincidental. The open border comes right out of Karl Marx. It comes right out of [communist activist] Saul Alinsky, who, by the way, Saul Alinsky and his acolytes taught Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton."

This shit? The insane musings of high profile Republicans.

[–] BigWheelPowerBrakeSlider@lemmy.world 42 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Who the eff are all these marxists, communists, socialists, etc., wielding all this incredible power in the US and how do they stay so hidden? Deep state? But isn't the deep state mostly rich white guys pulling the strings?

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The real communism was the capitalism we made on the way...or some shit

[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I heard someone ranting about Marxist banks at one point. Like, just tell me you don't know what words actually mean am I right?

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 19 points 11 months ago

They're so crafty that even the policy they're passing is pure neoliberal dreck that's to the right of Reagan. Nobody would suspect a thing!

[–] dragontamer@lemmy.world 40 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes. The communists were not known for building walls in Berlin.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 13 points 11 months ago

“Mr. Reagan, tear down this wall!”

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Lead poisoning is a huge part of why the 60+ age bracket is acting so erratically now.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, famed communist Obama, whose biggest accomplishment was shoveling huge amounts of cash to the health insurance industry in exchange for tiny concessions on the margins.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

And who teamed up with Bush before his term started to give a shitload of money to wall st so the events of 2008 didn't cause a transfer of wealth in the wrong direction. Who sat by as the banks foreclosed on a lot of people's only homes. Or maybe it was communism that made the judges decide that banks had to have proof they owned the mortgage before they could take homes from people?

[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Stable genius with all the words...

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

You know they've digested too many Nazi talking points when they start breaking out Saul Alinsky and start trying to link him to prominent Democratic leaders.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I forgot how obsessed they got about Saul Alinsky. If there were a college major called “Being a Leftist,” his Rules for Radicals would be on the syllabus for the class on pre-internet organizing. But I’m pretty sure Fox News hosts said “Alinsky” more times during the Obama administration than all the DSA members combined.

It’s like if they were discussing Boston Celtics history and just kept mentioning Antoine Walker. (No disrespect to Toine. Or Alinsky.)

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Remember when they got pissed at that Reverend guy that Obama may have saw once or twice for saying that 9/11 was "chickens coming home to roost" (by the way, he was 100% correct of course)?

Like, I wish Obama could have (publicly at least) stated that and still had a chance to win...