• morphballganon
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    3 months ago

    The future Turnip would bring about is nothing like the future self-proclaimed liberals want.

    • Lemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      Not all liberals are the same, man

      Some support the monarchy (eg. UK), some had them beheaded (eg. France)

      In this case, Trump represents the “small” business, or petit bourgeois folks, but more importantly, the more ‘dirty’-large capitalists like the oil-funded Koch brothers, who are more clearly connected to capitalist exploitation, both in the Global North and South

      In a sense, they are propretarians and thus more closer to the dream/nightmare of classical liberalism come true

      On the other, Biden/Kamala Harris represents labor aristocrats and professional manager classes (specialized stewards of capital), but more importantly, the more formal and neat looking large capitalists like Bill Gates or Mark Cuban, who finance and lend money behind closed doors capitalist exploitation, both in the Global North and South

      In a sense, they are neoliberals with a barely-veiled socdem face