cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/44416979
Michelle Goldberg March 12, 2026
Slight and bespectacled, Fishback has a geeky charisma and the verbal dexterity of a former competitive high school debater. His policies are a mishmash of extreme conservatism and economic progressivism; nationalism tinged with socialism, if you will. He believes that Florida’s gun laws are too strict, its abortion laws too lax and its public teacher pay too low. He’s called for a 50 percent sin tax on OnlyFans creators and $10,000 grants to high-performing high school graduates to buy homes or start businesses. Though he’s the son of an immigrant — his mother is Colombian — he wants a total immigration moratorium.
Most of all, Fishback has made contempt for Israel and its American lobby a centerpiece of his campaign, constantly reminding audiences how much America spends on Israel while its own needs are ignored.
Wow. It’s really fucking weird to see someone who has both policies I like and also despise at the same time…
It’s like he’s alienating both sides of the coin. It’s a strategy, I guess.
That’s why they called it the National Socialist Party.
The Nationalists were the veterans and Right wingers who thought Germany had been screwed by the Allies, and the Socialists were the Left wing folks.
Well the actual socialists were eliminated
It’s not that weird, even Trump has done things I agree with on a rare few occasions (off the top of my head ending the minting of new pennies).