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Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

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707 points patd | 1 comments | 27 May 20 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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OliverJones ◴[27 May 20 13:34 UTC] No.23322908[source]▶
A "conservative" government threatens to shut down private businesses. Wait, what?

Maybe the billionaire hotel magnate from New York should arrange a leveraged buyout of the business he doesn't like, and shut it down when he owns it.

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bilbo0s ◴[27 May 20 14:09 UTC] No.23323493[source]▶
Just to distance myself from the current "conservative" establishment, I would argue that their views are not conservative so much as they are a relatively newer form of fascism. Typically with fascism there is nationalism that prioritizes the citizens of the nation above all else, but with this new "conservatism" in the US, the nationalism is a bit more race-based. But other than that it's much more close to fascism than what we in the US typically considered "conservatism".

Maybe we need a new word for it altogether?

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1. krapp ◴[27 May 20 14:22 UTC] No.23323746[source]▶
>Maybe we need a new word for it altogether?

It's called the "alt-right[0]."

And at the fringe of the fringe, right-wing accelerationism[1].

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right

[1]https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/11/11/20882005/accele...