Why This Far-Right Takeover Is Worse Than You Think
Hiya,
It takes me a fair bit of time to make videos, and this month’s video on Trump and fossil fascism was no different. I wrote the script a couple of months ago, and a lot has happened since, especially the “Big, Beautiful Bill” that is heading to the White House for Trump’s signature as I write this. Needless to say, this bill is a disaster for the environment as well as the working people of the United States. This shouldn’t be surprising. As I discuss in the video below, Trump’s regime is barrelling straight towards a fossil fascist regime of violent oppression and planetary destruction. If you’re interested in learning more, check out the video as well as the three links and quotes I found illuminating during my research process.
Three Quotes:
“Fascism is a politics of palingenetic ultranationalism that comes to the fore in a conjuncture of deep crisis, and if leading sections of the dominant class throw their weight behind it and hand it power, there ensues an exceptional regime of systematic violence against those identified as enemies of the nation””
— White Skin, Black Fuel
“Masses in their thousands streamed to fascism. It became an asylum for all the politically homeless, the socially uprooted, the destitute and disillusioned. And what they no longer hoped for from the revolutionary proletarian class and from socialism, they now hoped would be achieved by the most able, strong, determined, and bold elements of every social class. All these forces must come together in a community. And this community, for the fascists, is the nation.”
— Clara Zetkin
“Trump’s top officials encompass thirteen billionaires, with a total net worth, according to Public Citizen, of as much as $460 billion, including Elon Musk with a wealth of $400 billion. Even without Musk, Trump’s billionaire cabinet has tens of billions of dollars in assets, compared to the $3.2 billion in assets of his previous administration.”
— Monthly Review
Three Links:
The Struggle Against Fascism (Clara Zetkin)
On Disaster Nationalism & The Climate Crisis (The Break Down)
The U.S. Ruling Class and the Trump Regime (Monthly Review)
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Hope you have a great day,
In solidarity,
Charlie