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7 hours ago, Phi for All said:

He's a racist, so I assume you hate people of color too. None of the bigotry and prejudice bothers you enough to make it a deal breaker.

The "he's a racist" narrative isn't going to work, and there's no litmus test for determining who is a racist and who isn't, beyond common sense which doesn't likely apply to Trump.

It's merely a talking point which has been in use since the very beginning, and most likely doesn't relate to actual policy or actions, but rather tangential things. Pointing out that he has racists who support him, for example, is a strategy that has been in use long before Trump ran for office (similar talking points were used against Ron Paul, for example).

If you keep up with this, you'll eventually have to try to argue that more than half of Americans are racists, fascists, or Nazis due to having voted for him, and that narrative simply won't fly due to being one of the most common and uneducated talking points used by opposition. It's proven ineffective in two elections, so coming up with something more original is likely in order.

20 hours ago, MSC said:

As a community, what can we do to protect ourselves and our fellow man in the rising face of technologically advanced neo-fascism and industrial feudalism? 

My biggest concern after the US election, is that we are reaching a scary tipping point where over half the population could become brainwashed to support people like Donald Trump, making louder calls for violence and stronger acts of it being more frequently perpetrated against anyone who is a threat to fascist strong men everywhere. Today it's the illegal immigrants, tomorrow it could be eliticide, professors, scientists, researchers, artists, teachers and one day common sense dissenters. 

Right now we are awaiting the chaos of "dictator on day one" with little hope that the Biden administration will make any sort of hail Mary run using the free pass from prosecution the supreme court just gave the office of the presidency. It will be a peaceful transfer of power into the hands of chaos. I hope that the guardrails of American democracy can withstand another 4 years of Trump, but how many are going to be hurt in the process? 

Maybe I'm just being a completely apocalyptic unreasonably? I don't know, but none of this feels right and I feel a storm coming for humanity in so many ways and all seemingly of our own making. 

This community genuinely has not only some of the most intelligent people I've ever had the pleasure and privilege to know, in more ways than one, but also some of the most hopeful and passionate. So as a group, of many brilliant diverse individuals, what can we do?

I would wait until measurable actions happen that indicate fascism before making that assumption, such as the government reforming to give someone like Donald Trump unlimited power without checks and balances. It would have to mirror history, such as Hitler's rise to power. I wouldn't consider racist voices on social media or some fringe fascist or Nazis who happen to support Trump indicative of actual fascism. People have a tendency to fearmonger.

19 hours ago, TheVat said:

One power late stage capitalism gives we the peeps is to use our money to say no to Trump's "what global warming?" shtick.

So this is a Marxist economic argument?