California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said the governor was denied entry into a venue at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, after being invited to speak at the event due to “pressure” from the Trump administration.

Newsom had been scheduled to speak with Fortune at the USA House, Davos, a privately organized event, at the World Economic Forum, which has been recognized by the U.S. government as the nation’s headquarters in Davos.

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    I want to be very clear, he’s talked to way more conservatives than just Been Shapiro.

    He’s agreed with them on their transphobic talking points. He proudly talks about violently breaking up homeless encampments.

    Newsom is already does a lot of what Trump does. He just does it in a way that’s more appealing to white liberals.

    Would he be as overt or crass about it? Obviously not, but that’s not the point. This kind of fascistic scapegoating of the untermenschen vulnerable people, and using the violent arms of the state to deal with them, is unacceptable no matter who’s doing it.

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      Oh yeah don’t disagree with any of that, but like I said the bar is in hell.

      To the original point he wouldn’t be utilizing ICE and the military the way Trump is.

      As for the homeless Newsome would support criminalization, but not murder.

      For Trans individuals he would support a loss of rights but not criminalization or murder.

      I can’t say the same for Trump. With him its a ticking clock on when the death camps fire up, and they likely already have under ICE.

      I guess my problem is saying they are exactly the same when one is very clearly worse. I’d much rather have neither, and truthfully I don’t think Newsome will win a primary (although the DNC is corrupt) and I agree an actual leftist canidate has a much better chance of winning the presidency (assuming elections happen). I don’t think the powers that be will go for that, but here we are in hell

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        You keep saying he’d support criminalization and loss of rights for certain people, but not murder.

        Except those things result in deaths, regardless, and thus represent Social Murder.

        The fact is that these people who Newsom consider undesirable, are succumbing to hunger, exposure, forced relocation, suicide, loss of healthcare access, or denial of access to public spaces and services, all through the action and deliberate inaction, of the state, through policy he supports.

        This is what I mean when I say he supports a lot of the same things Trump does, just in a way that is acceptable to liberals.

        Instead of armed men going door to door, these people simply die, quietly, and out of sight. Their deaths, and the policy which led to them, are rendered no less unjust by their aesthetic qualities.

        By shrugging and saying “well the bar is in hell!”, we also shrug off the responsibility to combat this shit in whatever form it takes

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          Once again your not wrong here either. I don’t disagree, but you’re showing a complete lack of nuance.

          Social murder or death camps? Hmm which is worse nobody knows.

          If someone were to mug you you can’t just say “I reject this scenario” you’d be dead.

          You hand over your money you’d be alive.

          Just because you hand over your money doesn’t mean you support the existence of mugging. You support the immediate continuation of your life.

          Also this: “By shrugging and saying “well the bar is in hell!”, we also shrug off the responsibility to combat this shit in whatever form it takes” is just untrue.

          Honestly I’m getting a bit tired of you trying to use me as a spring board for your arguements.

          So to get back to the original point, which you keep ignoring, Trump and Newsome are not identical. A lot more people would be alive today if we switched the two. That’s not an endorsement of Newsome, and I’m tired of you trying to make it one. The world is not black and white sorry. Someone can be better than where we are and still not good.