I’m both dismayed and frankly terrified by the number of well informed and smart people who are witnessing the Nazi-billionaire fascist takeover of their own country yet unable or unwilling to say literally any of these words and call a thing a thing. - ThreadSky

alwaystheself.bsky.social • 59 days ago

I’m both dismayed and frankly terrified by the number of well informed and smart people who are witnessing the Nazi-billionaire fascist takeover of their own country yet unable or unwilling to say literally any of these words and call a thing a thing.

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transmascdruid.bsky.social•58 days ago

@papst-ny.bsky.social

thewilliamgeorge.bsky.social•58 days ago

The real sadness is the number of Americans who still believe they'll be able to solve the problem without violence.

j6187.bsky.social•58 days ago

Cassandra... is very real.

douggreigyyc.bsky.social•58 days ago

Vikings history nerds may feel a resonance with that turn of phrase ("thing" has a curious etymology) in the context of governmental turmoil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing_(assembly)

sanchezroger.bsky.social•58 days ago

Having good, intelligent, kind friends telling me - oh, this is just a necessary transition period. I want to take them, and their FOX talk track and body slam them in cow manuer.

frodolove.bsky.social•59 days ago

😈🔥😈🔥😈🔥😈🔥😈🔥😈🔥

humanunfiltered.bsky.social•58 days ago

Silence won’t make it go away. If history’s taught us anything, it’s that pretending fascism isn’t happening just speeds it up.

transcommiescum.bsky.social•58 days ago

If you're referring to Democrats, is because if they oppose this stuff now they'll be held accountable for not reversing all of it if they ever have power again. For electoral politics, they just need to to think they oppose it.

asheville2024.bsky.social•59 days ago

Or, God forbid, call Congress.

stelliocantos.bsky.social•59 days ago

Cuz they also want to be nazi-billionaires.

planetexpresscook.bsky.social•59 days ago

In "They Thought They Were Free," Milton Mayer illustrates how Germans initially dismissed or adapted to changes under Nazi rule, thinking they were temporary. By the time they decided to resist, the regime had consolidated power, making effective resistance nearly impossible.

lealeander.bsky.social•59 days ago

That's what I feel like is going on.

kindraf.bsky.social•58 days ago

This 1000% encapsulates my take on what's happening and criticism of our political leaders. It still to me feels like most folks think things are going to eventually level out, sanity will be restored. And they are still reacting and acting as if the old rules apply

kindraf.bsky.social•58 days ago

Meanwhile I think Crockett's "Fuck off" should be the only Dem energy we see and someone should be pulling up with a truck load of bricks to every GOP town hall. Because I think that's where we are at in our descent into Nazi America 2025

chijar.bsky.social•58 days ago

If they are "smart" the only other option is VILE.

cobbdouglas.bsky.social•58 days ago

I’ve tried to talk to friends and family, people I know are liberal and voted for Harris, and they all just prefer to not talk about it and act like it’s not happening. “I can’t talk about the news, it gets me down.”

caffeinehusky.bsky.social•58 days ago

Head in the sand and in other places....

2strong2silence.bsky.social•58 days ago

And then when it is too late they’ll be blaming you for not telling them.

donalddrumpf2025.bsky.social•58 days ago

It's called cowardice

ericajoy.astrel.la•59 days ago

to call the thing a thing means they’d have to take action, which many many MANY people are unwilling to do. same mental mechanisms as COVID. “if i pretend it’s not bad, i don’t have to change anything i’m doing.”

lilyisacat5.bsky.social•58 days ago

Yes, this!

bkjwordplay.bsky.social•58 days ago

America has never been good at calling a thing a thing. It doesn't sell.

bornmiserable.bsky.social•58 days ago

it’s because they are lazy and if it’s not affecting their comfortable cozy salary, why bother? let the people eat shit, they all say. we don’t bring the guillotines and pitchforks out like we used to and that has to change

oceanbound.bsky.social•59 days ago

I think there is a LOT of normalcy bias happening. When I try to talk to folks about how bad it is- the idea of “oh it can’t happen here we have rules” or “oh there are still people in the system that will stop it” is so strong. It’s scary af

wellestarr1.bsky.social•58 days ago

You're witnessing the "It can't happen here, therefore, it's not really happening" caucus.

psychictides.bsky.social•58 days ago

Um, billionaire fascists have been running the USA for my entire life.

niaru.bsky.social•58 days ago

A leadership problem within the Democratic team making it hard to give people confidence to speak out?

democracydame.bsky.social•58 days ago

Nazi

tyrotcm.bsky.social•58 days ago

Genocide.

Technically, genocides, plural in parallel.

dtobon.bsky.social•58 days ago

Twertzog was right: “Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches”

vaguepariah.bsky.social•58 days ago

It's maddening

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