• Xanthobilly@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    It was exceedingly obvious 2024 was a populist election, and she let Trump take that mantle and run with it. Bernie would have mopped the floor with these corporatists. This is why Mamdani is ascendant.

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      12 hours ago

      Talarico’s messaging would probably be perfect for this. Progressive message packaged in religious dogma.

      However, given the control billionaires have over media and the what they see, I can’t confidently say anyone could win in that uneven playing-field.

      Literally anyone. ANY average person should’ve been able to beat the monster that is Trump. That we couldn’t isn’t proof Harris sucked (in fairness, she was pretty poor); it’s proof the rich wield all the megaphones.

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      10 hours ago

      Corporatists? Are you looking for the word corpocrats or corporatocrats?

      Edit: corporatocracy is a government ran by corporate business interests, such as we see in the US.

      Corporatism is a governance principle that government is a meeting ground for “corporate groups” to make decisions. Corporate groups represent a group of people, typically business leaders but also unions.

      In a fascist corporatist state like Mussolini’s Italy this meant keeping business and union leaders close to keep a close eye on them for greater control. In a social corporatist state like Sweden, this means those same leaders have a legally mandated place in the government to get the benefits of capitalist growth tempered by the demands of common workers to receive a fair share of that growth and ensure safe working/living conditions.

      I don’t think the powers that be in the US want unions anywhere close to the government, so I don’t think corporatist is the right term.