How many AA powered toys does your family have?? I’m actually baffled that anyone would possibly need up to 200 AAs for their kid’s toys. Are there non-powered toys in your household? I’m not trying to shame you, I’m just intrigued.

There are rechargeable lithium batteries in the form of AAs that would reduce the waste, they might not last quite as long though

Okay but could still have studied him for 70 years, you just heard about Kirk and have only seen the massive wave of propaganda trying to sanitize his image and make him some hero since his death, not the years of racist and homophobic trolling he’s done.

An Ethno-nationalist authoritarian populist with illiberal nativist and white-identity tendencies

Can you tell me what makes this distinct from fascism? And it doesn’t matter what exactly you would call his brand of ethno-nationalism anyway, his views are racist and genocidal, in the same vein of Nazism and other far-right ideologies, and should be viewed as such.

It’s funny you’re saying you don’t think he’s a nazi when you only heard about him after he was shot. I have heard and seen him for years, and let me tell you even if he wasn’t himself literally a nazi, he was happy to be a voice for modern nazis. Also, fascist is a popular word these days because fascists have taken positions of power in a way not seen in decades.

I’m not saying they are the same, just that in the US a large portion of the right is fascist. One only needs to look at speechs by Republicans like Stephen Miller to hear their fascist rhetoric, they hardly try to obscure it in the mainstream anymore.

The American Right is a fascist party, inspired by the Nazis, it’s just simpler to call them nazis. It’s not about not liking them, they follow a platform nearly identical to that of the 1930s German Nazis. Many prominent members of their party have openly praised Nazis and other fascists and white supremacists. It is beyond the time to doubt this. Semantics are useless now, they have declared war against their enemies.

He helped legitimized the current far-right, which openly endorses Nazi policies, he was a nazi propagandist whose influence helped make fascist ideals more mainstream. He engaged in bad faith debate to make gotcha clips taking down ‘liberals’ to demonize them and inspire his fascist followers.

It’s an especially insidious type of monopoly to me because it deals with relationships, they can manipulate millions of people, affecting the creation of their families and kids.