Arguing semantics doesn't change the fact that these guys are indeed embracing fascism, even if they merely prefer to call it socialism. (Fun fact: The swastika was a stylized double-s, meaning "state socialism".) Trying to push this under the rug as if it's simply semantics is, in fact, being willfully ignorant of history. Fascists didn't come in promising to rule you like a king and exterminate the jews. If you think that's what actually happened, then you're only doomed to repeat history. You don't even need a dictionary if you think it's in on some kind of conspiracy theory. Go to wikipedia if you want, you'll find the same thing there as well.

These guys know that what I'm saying is true. All of it. The problem they're having is cognitive dissonance, so they're going to sit here in opposition to my words when they can't even explain to themselves why. These guys go around pointing the finger at other people crying "fascist!" not realizing that they themselves are doing exactly what fascists did, and have been this entire time. They wouldn't be the first, either -- not even close. Putin's justification for invading Ukraine was to end fascism, and only an idiot would believe otherwise. He even had it in his head that he was some kind of benevolent liberator and was fuming pissed when he realized that all of them, even civilians, resisted his invasion and fought back. This is the exact mindset of every fascist leader in history. They all think they're benevolent, and will tell you that they're only trying to improve humanity. The USSR put up the so called "anti-fascist line" to "keep the fascists out", but that is not at all what it was for and they knew it. The modern so-called "Antifa" literally marches around wearing literal brown shirts while brandishing weapons as a show of intimidation not to oppose them -- it's as if they never even heard of the original brownshirt marches that happened in both Germany and Italy (though Italy's were black shirts.)

Just to ensure we have this straight -- the entirety of the news media is in on your little conspiracy theory? Not even one reporter is dissenting?

I doubt anybody is keeping count except maybe some racists out there, but I'm aware of Abrego Garcia. Contrary to what most progressives believe, not everybody south of the US border is brown.

It seems to be leaving out a lot of details

They're overlooking a LOT of issues in that. Their impact statement for instance:

Except none of that stopped on the US side of the border. In fact, Phoenix has long been the kidnapping capital of the US because of exactly this issue, and second only to Mexico City in the world. Think about that, the world's second-worst city for kidnapping IS IN THE UNITED STATES. While I support what these guys are doing from a humanitarian perspective, going back to the way things were is ABSOLUTELY NOT the answer, and only a total idiot, such as yourself, would suggest otherwise.

Remain in Mexico is a good policy, for a very good reason: Over 70% of the asylum claims before that were in fact fraudulent, and many of them had zero intention whatsoever of appearing at their hearings or court dates. With this policy, at the very least we can discourage them from applying at all, putting an unnecessary strain on our already overburdened system, which means it can be given a chance to catch up to the legitimate claims and process them in a more timely manner.

I didn't say they were, nor did I imply it, nor is that true, (they both currently hold very high offices) rather I'm telling you that the fringe is indeed quite small.

But that's your favorite part, especially when it's full.

If layoffs were the endgame, and that was the only thing they wanted out of this, the first thing they'd do is merge the two business units, then restructure its leadership team, then have that team come up with a plan for both projects to merge into one, and eliminate any job roles that are no longer needed.

And they don't appear to have done any of that.

I think it's more likely that with talks of the government forcing them to sell chrome, they probably don't want to also have to give up ChromeOS, which is pretty lucrative considering it dominates the education sector right now, which was Microsoft's domain, and previously Apple's domain before that, and they'd probably rather not give that up. If you divorce chrome from ChromeOS, you're basically just left with desktop Android. The problem is Android just isn't (currently) built to be a desktop OS. So it's reasonable to believe that Android development needs additional effort, not less. If that is the case, then layoffs wouldn't make any business sense.

It may never come within your lifetime. As long as it has eyeballs, it will remain a bottomless money pit for advertisers.

Though slashdot is more pseudonymous than fecebook, and hardly anybody comes here to post teeniebopper shit.

That said, I doubt that people who post to fecebook every day would be particularly creeped out by this. They're probably already used to total strangers being able to know everything about them -- they may even crave it the way that narcissistic celebrities do.

I always adjust my views based on empirical data. In other words, what can be observed. That is my only "dogma", if you insist. You guys, especially rsilvergun and drinkypoo, routinely entertain conspiracy theories. Why? Because you're driven purely by ideology. THAT is what dogma looks like.

Not at all. Not even close in fact. What I linked there is what's referred to as a living dictionary. I choose my words carefully. That is, it tracks the meaning of words in the way that they're most commonly used. If you don't like the dictionary, then go to wikipedia or any other source that isn't run by some looned out whackjob. The way that some random, poorly educated people on the internet choose their wording does not represent the vast majority of the literature out there. What you don't realize at all is that most people, even in the two major political parties in the US, don't actually want either socialism or fascism. The ones who do, e.g. AOC, Bernie Sanders, etc. are on the fringe. You know where their ideology can be traced to, by the way? FDR, who himself was a big fan of Benito Mussolini, even years after the March on Rome.

Do you know why the majority don't want these things? Because unlike you lot, especially rsilvergun, they KNOW that these ideas don't fucking work. We have 150 years of history showing just how much of a shitshow these ideas are. But you guys refuse to believe that. You put your own spin on shit. This is why you guys hate hearing people like this guy speak:

https://www.ted.com/talks/hans...

When people point out the FACT that things are going really well under democracy and capitalism, and PROVE it with data, it pisses you off. The fact that something as amoral as data does piss you off should tell you everything you need to know about your own ideology, and just how fucked up, and very fascist, it really is.

Interesting fantasy you have there. But....that's not what fascists actually do. First, they make a hard sell that the economy is crap and that your life sucks. Doesn't matter who you are, your life is just dogshit, you're poor, everything in your life experience is bad even if you think it isn't. You're being taken advantage of by (insert any one of jews, the rich, corporations, foreigners taking your jobs, etc.) You're a slave to capitalism even if you don't believe it, and only their leadership can offer a solution. Here are some quotes from a prominent American fascist in the 1930s:

Sound familiar? That's because today, you guys call that socialism, and all you ever talk about is how badly you want it. That is in fact not socialism, this is socialism:

https://www.merriam-webster.co...

The biggest distinction being that socialism advocates the complete takeover of the private sector by the government.

Source for the quotes:

https://www.econlib.org/simila...

No, that's fairly uncommon. Usually they rally around one particular figurehead. When that figurehead dies for whatever reason, then you tend to get infighting. Often I see people subscribe to the theory that if we take out e.g. a leader of a major terrorist organization, then another one will soon take his place. But that's not what happens -- when you take out the guy at the top (and ONLY at the very top) they tend to splinter, and only then does the infighting start. We saw this with Osama Bin Laden. And by the way, it's an apt comparison because Islamic terrorism is heavily inspired by Nazism.

Nevertheless, here sits drinkypootin pretending that I have anything to do with Trump when for decades I've been advocating against exactly what Trump is doing. Meanwhile, if this were Bernie in office doing the exact same shit, drinkypootin would be offering to suck his dick. This is exactly the kind of contrarian conspiracy theorist fascist asshole that he is.

You know what's crazy about all of that? I've consistently maintained the position that tariffs are a terrible idea, meanwhile people sitting in the same camp as that moron you're replying to, especially Bernie Sanders, have been demanding tariffs that entire time. I kept saying, for years, that putting up tariffs in the US wouldn't do anything to stop Australia from buying cheaper cars from China. And whatdya know? That's exactly what's happening right now.

What's even crazier about all of this is Bernie Sanders and drinkypoo go around calling other people fascist, yet look where their ideology comes from:

https://www.cato.org/commentar...

Unlike you, I don't deal in conspiracy theories or crack heroine. I only deal in what is observable and measurable. Hard data wins every single time.

https://www.ted.com/talks/hans...

Videos like that piss you off because you've got a narrative to sell, and the last thing a flimflammer like you needs is somebody going around proving that your product is nothing more than snake oil. You're not happy until you've convinced at least one other person that we're living in the worst period in all history. And then you want to prove that you're a rebel by pissing into the wind.

People like Trump don't get into power by telling you that everything is ok. He's nothing more than a typical crisis politician. The only difference between you and him is which crisis you're trying to sell, and how successful he has been at it. Other than that, you are identical to him. You both severely overestimate your own ability, both of you are dumber than a rock. But he's in the Whitehouse, and you're spending your entire life underemployed.