John, I'm listening to your 'Conservatives Without Conscience' and find it's something I have to do in small bites to reflect on each chapter in turn given the current climate. I wish the history you cover there was more widely known, and keep thinking about the best mechanism for such a task. - ThreadSky

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berryfields.bsky.social • 2 days ago

John, I'm listening to your 'Conservatives Without Conscience' and find it's something I have to do in small bites to reflect on each chapter in turn given the current climate. I wish the history you cover there was more widely known, and keep thinking about the best mechanism for such a task.

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johnwdean.bsky.social•2 days ago

It is an I-Saw-It-Coming that I wish I had been wrong about. I have not stopped studying authoritarian personalities, and know for certain that there is only one way to deal with them: vote them out of power! They do not change their ways or their methods. Fortunately, they are the minority.

rennyfella.bsky.social•2 days ago

Nobody gets to vote their way out of fascism, my friend. 😞

Sad, but true. The only way out is through the flames.

pennypopken.bsky.social•2 days ago

I think we’re going to have to overthrow them before the next election, John. Momentum is growing.

edjohnson21.bsky.social•2 days ago

They may be the minority but the majority of voters elected them.

exiledindixie.bsky.social•2 days ago

How many times do they leave power voluntarily without the threat of force against them?

dvodvo.bsky.social•2 days ago

Have you considered that the voting out option may no longer exist?

The last election saw 88 counties flip (c below)... all in one direction ( = statistical impossibility) ?

There may be no option than invoking 2A rights, for **what they were originally meant for**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKDw2rlLAs0&list=PLaQl4MZpI1vtNXgMABS7GQ5ugx-NksOgh

matheffect.bsky.social•2 days ago

How the hell are we supposed to vote them out if they won't even hold fair elections? Every effort is being made to making elections *less* secure, which benefits the one with more criminal and foreign contacts.

michelleelle.bsky.social•2 days ago

There's no longer any certainty that there will ever be elections again and, if there are, they won't be fair.

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