That's pretty much my view. People with authoritarian value sets exist, racists exist, and our politics should ensure that they are kept as far away from power as possible.
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The core problem is the one identified by Orwell: liberals won’t fight fascists, only socialists will. In Britain liberals were co-opted by socialists but without socialist leadership they’d have acquiesced to fascists as they did elsewhere. But socialism is no longer viable as a political movement.
I think there is a bigger constituency for a democracy, and a future for social democratic parties that doesn't necessarily mean that we collapse into fascism. Or at least, I'm working to create one...
I’m not all pessimistic but history shows that liberals just won’t fight. Their primary goal is to operate within the established system but they won’t fight to protect the system. The US Democrats graphically demonstrate this: they failed to protect the system & now they’re just acquiescing.
The key is to have a basis for mobilising individuals into active politics, with both a commitment to activity & a structure for it. Since class consciousness & class based politics/organisation is dead (hence socialism being non-viable), perhaps models like yours can provide an alternative…
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