The only time Obama ever speaks up is to interfere in democratic primaries to prevent leftists from taking office and to break NBA strikes. Amoral dross.
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The left can quarrel about the right way to the future after they finished fighting the right's way back to the past. This being said, I still think you are right with your sentiment
aug 30, 2025, 5:51 pm • 2 0 • view
Former leaders should not interfere at all. They should remain symbols whose only utterance should be a rallying cry when due
aug 30, 2025, 5:47 pm • 0 0 • view
Following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Obama deigned it necessary to intervene to get players back on the court for the most tepid concessions from owners and the league. He is committed to capital and donors, and sold out the electorate from day one on hope and change.
aug 30, 2025, 5:53 pm • 1 1 • view
Btw, I am from Germany. It is not on me to tell you how US should be governed as long as it doesn't affect me. But what fascist orange turd is doing, is affecting me, so I speak out on this topic and this topic only. I hope you get greed under control as I hope for Germany but this is another matter
aug 30, 2025, 6:01 pm • 0 0 • view
My take is that there is no leader in US history more responsible for the rise of Trump than Obama. He campaigned on leftist promises with no intention of implementing, eroded all faith in the left as a result, and then paved the way for Hillary, Biden etc, neolibs who guarantee fascism.
aug 30, 2025, 6:03 pm • 0 0 • view
Oh, as an afterthought, I want to be clear, I think neoliberalism is as dangerous an ideology as communism or fascism. We had our own taste of it with Gerhard Schröder and he has done to the left in Germany the same damage as you attribute to Obama (maybe you are right, hard to tell from Germany)
aug 30, 2025, 6:11 pm • 0 0 • view
I believe the reason Germany is criminalizing protest of Israel/Gaza is because the tendency towards fascism comes via neoliberalism.
aug 30, 2025, 6:14 pm • 0 0 • view
Germany is not criminalizing protest of Israel/Gaza. This is a right wing fake narrative. We have a law against fascism and when they use fascist symbols it is outlawed but there are protests everywhere without interference. Here in Hannover at the Leibniz University there is a months-long protest
aug 30, 2025, 6:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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aug 31, 2025, 11:22 am • 0 0 • view
You may be right, I won't argue that, though I see it a little bit different (btw I blame Bill Clinton) but looking back does not help with the struggle for survival of democracy right now. There will be a time for it after the war has been fought
aug 30, 2025, 6:07 pm • 0 0 • view
We agree, however the 'radical center' now look to leaders like Gavin Newsom to fight fascism, who is another Clinton/Biden acolyte with even further right wing views. The only way fascism can be overcome is through direct action from the socialist left (imo).
aug 30, 2025, 6:11 pm • 0 0 • view
All the examples in the world where fascism has been fought effectively was when there was a united front against it. So, don't fall into the trap of division. Fight now united against fascism and remind the right-wingers in you coalition later on, that they owe you a new deal
aug 30, 2025, 6:15 pm • 1 0 • view
I've studied fascism for many years. The most effective way to fight it is, for example, how Oswald Mosley was defeated in the UK. When a show of force is made by the fascist right, it needs to be countered with a stronger show of counter protest. The US lacks the appetite and intent to fight it.
aug 30, 2025, 6:18 pm • 1 1 • view
Btw, I am nearly 60 years old and I fought with fascists on the streets since I was 14. There were never many Nazis in Germany but they are loud and they are always looking for a fight. Sadly, now they are as strong as they have never been since WWII (about 20% in elections)
aug 30, 2025, 6:24 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes. You are absolutely right here
aug 30, 2025, 6:19 pm • 1 0 • view
I know, he made a lot of mistakes and I won't defend them. Let's argue about the right way after fascism is defeated but there is a more urgent fight at hand right now.
aug 30, 2025, 5:55 pm • 1 0 • view