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Wanderlust988

(643 posts) Sat May 24, 2025, 11:26 PM Saturday

Why don't people on our side call Trump a "Communist" instead? [View all]

I'm amazed that we still call him a fascist. Half the country doesn't even know what a fascist is, but everyone knows what communism is. Trump is trying to establish state control over everything in our society. It would be easy to pick him apart by calling him America's first communist president. Our politicians certainly don't get the bumper style politics.

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Why don't people on our side call Trump a "Communist" instead? [View all] Wanderlust988 Saturday OP

Well, he certainly does seem to want to control the means of production and distribution. Ocelot II Saturday #1

Maybe. H2O Man Saturday #2

Perhaps because he is not a communist. David__77 Saturday #3

Incompetent Jackass would be more accurate RainCaster Sunday #10

What David__77 said. PoindexterOglethorpe Saturday #4

Fascist for now... Christian255 Sunday #5

This is what's wrong with Democrats...we need to be 'technically' correct. Fuck that! Wanderlust988 Sunday #11

Rec malaise Sunday #19

I'm with you on this. They stretch definitions like taffy, so why don't we take over the trigger word? JHB Sunday #6

Fascist is the more accurate descriptor. Nt Fiendish Thingy Sunday #7

Who cares what's accurate? lol We're talking about TRUMP here!! Wanderlust988 Sunday #13

My preference for the whole lot of them is "Bolshevik" with a prefix on it JHB Sunday #8

"Dictator" is more on point for him. GoodRaisin Sunday #9

Err...the problem with Dictator is that Republicans love it Wanderlust988 Sunday #12

It won't work. no_hypocrisy Sunday #14

Their propaganda and brainwashing moondust Sunday #15

Won't stick Patton French Sunday #16

To be honest, I doubt too many people know what 'communist' means either. OldBaldy1701E Sunday #17

Because a White supremacist fascist malaise Sunday #18