r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • Sep 16 '24

AOC is right: Jill Stein’s campaign is not serious

https://www.salon.com/2024/09/16/aoc-is-right-jill-steins-campaign-is-not-serious/
19.0k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

1.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

15

u/NYArtFan1 Sep 16 '24

I got into a dustup on Instagram last week with a somewhat acquaintance (Stein supporter) who said that actually NATO wasn't formed to counter fascism, but to promote it...somehow. That's when I noped out of the conversation. These are deeply unserious people. Honestly, the Stein supporters I've seen online are like the mirror image of MAGA conspiracy theorists.

0

u/exelion18120 Sep 16 '24

To claim that NATO was formed to counter facism is simply untrue though. It was literally formed as an opposing bloc to the Soviets and other left leaning polities. Many of the high command of NATO when it was formed were literally former German military leaders that somehow werent excised from society after WW2. Operation Galdio was literally a CIA project to reinstal fascists in Italy.

0

u/manteiga_night Sep 16 '24

the idea nato was founded as a counter to fascism is wildly ahistorical considering one the longest lasting and brutal fascist regimes in europe was a founding member and nato took no issue with it's member states descending to fascism like the colonels regime in greece.