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Re: George Floyd protests

Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Jun 16, 2020 8:36 am

pErvinalia wrote:FDR is far right by Brian's metric..
Lol. Not quite. One can see the post-war march to the right across the developed world as a consequence of capital interests played out by political means.
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Re: George Floyd protests

Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Jun 16, 2020 8:40 am

And to some extent one can also see The New Deal as a consequence of US capitalism - to wit, the failure thereof and the economic depression which followed.
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Re: George Floyd protests

Post by Tero » Tue Jun 16, 2020 5:14 pm

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Re: George Floyd protests

Post by Animavore » Tue Jun 16, 2020 6:16 pm

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Re: George Floyd protests

Post by Seabass » Tue Jun 16, 2020 6:56 pm

Brian Peacock wrote:
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And to some extent one can also see The New Deal as a consequence of US capitalism - to wit, the failure thereof and the economic depression which followed.
How's that work? Why isn't US capitalism a consequence of the New Deal? Is "US capitalism" innate to Americans? Is it something we're born with? Is it something that occurs naturally within America's borders?
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Re: George Floyd protests

Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Jun 16, 2020 7:18 pm


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And to some extent one can also see The New Deal as a consequence of US capitalism - to wit, the failure thereof and the economic depression which followed.
How's that work? Why isn't US capitalism a consequence of the New Deal? Is "US capitalism" innate to Americans? Is it something we're born with? Is it something that occurs naturally within America's borders?
I'm using US capitalism only to locate the capitalism of the US. We all know that capitalism was invented by the Dutch and Italians, and that's it's been a global, and globalising force, ever since.
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Re: George Floyd protests

Post by Tero » Tue Jun 16, 2020 7:56 pm

here's where the capital(ism) is
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Re: George Floyd protests

Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Jun 16, 2020 8:39 pm

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Re: George Floyd protests

Post by Tero » Tue Jun 16, 2020 11:09 pm

"The DOJ still hasn't charged any Antifa members, though Barr says there are several investigations underway. Surely, left-wing extremists are responsible for some, perhaps most, of the post-Floyd violence. But Trump exaggerates their role and fully ignores far-right groups."

Like the Boogaloo boys... killed two cops during Oakland's post-Floyd riots.

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Re: George Floyd protests

Post by Seabass » Tue Jun 16, 2020 11:33 pm

More violent terrorism from Antif... oh wait, not Antifa, but far-right loonies. Doh! I'm sure next time it'll be Antifa, right Cnut?


Alleged 'Boogaloo' extremist charged in killing of federal officer during George Floyd protest
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justic ... a-n1231187

Suspect arrested after man is shot at Albuquerque protest
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2 ... g-protest/

How the Far-Right Boogaloo Movement Is Trying to Hijack Anti-Racist Protests for a Race War
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Re: George Floyd protests

Post by JimC » Wed Jun 17, 2020 12:07 am

As far as I can see, most of the looting and burning (and it was only early) was done by a fringe of very angry black protestors, with the looting being opportunistic and spontaneous. Regrettable but understandable. I can see no evidence for Antifa or far-left groups (often mostly white) to have been involved...
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Re: George Floyd protests

Post by Animavore » Wed Jun 17, 2020 2:12 am

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Re: George Floyd protests

Post by Tyrannical » Wed Jun 17, 2020 2:22 am

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Re: George Floyd protests

Post by rainbow » Wed Jun 17, 2020 8:10 am

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Re: George Floyd protests

Post by Tero » Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:15 pm

We can use the true Scotsman argument on thelooters: they are not Democrats. Looters never vote.
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