“I thought the Titans of industry would be the guardrails of democracy”.

Such bullshit. Industry has always loved fascism, it’s the ideal state for corporations. This explains why mainstream politics in the US has been inching towards fascist authoritanism since at least Nixon.

Trump didn’t start this… he’s just the right guy at the right time, the US would have gotten here sooner or later.

They aren’t gullible so much as living up to the American ideal. What’s more American than being frightened, angry, greedy, ignorant and selfish, while telling yourself you are god’s chosen?

Of all his disinformation victories, anti-vaxx has to be Putin’s personal fave.

Nah, they got kompromat on her. Bribery will get you some baubles but it’s too voluntary and you can always get outbid. You gotta get coercive if you really want to own someone’s soul.

If you’re referring to popular vote share, it’s not a very meaningful number in terms of impact on the federal election.

The only number that matters in the end is seats in the house, of which the Liberals won 152 vs 120 for the fascist party - that’s roughly a 25% margin… not a tight race in any meaningful way.

Not saying it can’t or won’t happen here, just saying characterizing this last election as a 3% contest is grossly inaccurate in real terms.

Wow, brilliant take: anyone who can’t GUARANTEE what will happen in the future is obviously not worth listening to.