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“Democracy sustains capitalism. Capitalism thrives in a democracy. And, right now, we are dealing with, as I called him at my speech on the Ellipse, a tyrant,” she said, referencing her rally last year on the White House Ellipse in Washington. “We used to compare the strength of our democracy to communist dictators. That’s what we’re dealing with right now in Donald Trump. And these titans of industry are not speaking up,”

  • mhague@lemmy.world
    496·
    2 days ago

    You are not interpreting this correctly, and neither is TheHill / Independent / whatever.

    Think about it step by step.

    1. Some time ago, America was hardcore opposed to the USSR and the Communist bloc. Americans like her grew up hearing comparisons with Communist dictators and how they did X, Y, and Z. The bogeyman many people grew up with was a communist dictator who hated free speech, co-opted the state and therefore personally controlled industry, cracked down on artistic expression…
    2. That’s what we’re dealing with now. Not from the perspective of a McCarthy Boogeyman; Kamala isn’t saying he’s a communist. But from the adult perspective where we’re supposed to care about free speech, a private industry, liberal art… Trump is the thing people grew up hearing about.

    Tldr; Kamala didn’t say this. This never happened. Watch the interview and think about what she means. Journalism strikes again~

    Edit: Here’s a simpler example: “We went years hearing from the right about demonic liberals abusing kids. Well Trump is that—that’s what we’re dealing with now.”

    That isn’t saying Trump is a demonic liberal. It means “the thing everyone hated is here in a different form”

    • goferking (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
      131·
      2 days ago

      “We used to compare the strength of our democracy to communist dictators. That’s what we’re dealing with right now in Donald Trump. And these titans of industry are not speaking up,”