Trump Classifies “Anti-Capitalism” as a Political Pre-Crime
jacobin.com
Donald Trump’s new security directive labels anti-capitalist beliefs as a predictor of political violence. The irony: left-wing structural analysis actually pushes people away from lone-wolf attacks and toward mass organizing for change.

In explaining exactly why this is so bleak, Klippenstein references the dystopian science fiction movie Minority Report, where people are arrested not for anything they’ve done but for “pre-crime” predicted by people with psychic powers. In this real-world case, the “indicia” (indicators) of future political violence listed in the report are:

anti-Americanism,
anti-capitalism,
anti-Christianity,
support for the overthrow of the United States Government,
extremism on migration,
extremism on race,
extremism on gender
hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family,
hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on religion, and
hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on morality.
  • quarrk [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    57·
    2 months ago

    Good article and lots of points to discuss. But man, a Trotsky quote (albeit a good one) coupled with whining about “authoritarianism,” then this line:

    Anyone who cares about living in a free society needs to reject the notion that certain ideological perspectives need to be monitored and contained, regardless of the nature of those perspectives. Even genuinely vile ideas need to be fought at the level of ideas.

    Jacobin isn’t beating the western Marxism allegations

    • miz [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      55·
      2 months ago

      living in a free society

      lmao yea when your boss can fire you for objecting to genocide on social media that’s fine, what’s important is whether you can debate the humanity of black people

      jagoff

      I fucking hate liberals. if you force them they will acknowledge material constraints but only until the next time they open their object-impermanent mouths

      • stink@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        18·
        2 months ago

        Got in an argument with this annoying POS saying “just make better propaganda no need to limit speech” like yeah sure ur freshly decolonized country is gonna be able to fend off mercenaries trained across the border that will coupe your state but also you have to invest a bunch of money, time, and energy to win the propaganda campaign against the richest country in the world.

        Western leftists need to eat rocks

      • miz [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        14·
        2 months ago

        I wonder if the class character of the ownership of major media platforms has any impact on the bAtTLe oF iDeAs. oh well, I’m comfortable… better not think about it too hard!

    • TheModerateTankie [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      21·
      2 months ago

      “Are there civil liberties for the fascists? Are they gonna be allowed their newspapers and their radio programs, are they gonna be able to keep all their farms?” parenti-hands