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Secret Service rushes Trump off stage after shots fired at his Pennsylvania rally (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I honestly understand all that, and believe it's vitally important that he's defeated. But assassinating political rivals is literally a characteristic of fascism.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

It literally isnt: fascism is capitalism in crisis and assassinations have gone on for most of human history, before the development of capitalism in the first place