If we can pull out of this nosedive into Authoritarianism, I think theres a silver-lining... We have steered clear of fascism's pull for 80 years due to the living memory of the Greatest Generation, but now, with them gone, we need a new inoculation from the virus, and this period might be it.
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@generalstrikeus.bsky.social @indivisible.org
My grandfather had nothing but respect for the Brits & he took me to England whrn I was 10. I'm a bit of an anglo-wannabe-phile.
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I think, though, that as much as we might need the negative example, we also need the positive.
Democracy has not worked well in the US for some time. We need to fix that.
If it was that we were wondering if allowing a fascist espionage network lead our country and merge with our largest political party, would suck...
...that has also been answered. Lesson not yet learned.
The current fascists haven't forgotten history. They don't think fascism is wrong, they think the mistake was losing.
But the social media disinformation hurricane really changes things. I mean we’ve got millions of people convinced that, for instance, there are armies of trans athletes murdering women, that BLM burned multiple entire cities to the ground, that the Covid vaccine killed thousands…
a weakened, senile form of authoritarianism attached to an oily adjuvant (tariffs + crash) that makes people hate it
One nasty recession isn't going to undo 25 years of brainwashing.
Capitalism has to be buried with it or else it will just come crawling back again.
As long as there are people afflicted with insatiable greed, they will feed this monster until it grows beyond their control, and we're right here again.
We have to end it.
Hitler happened. Let’s not erase history; let’s not allow it to repeat itself.
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I bet you make good video games. Maybe focus on that for now
I'm thinking its more often the close 50/50 affairs as they take less effort to bribe and corrupt the vote.
Line the prisons with the people who deserve to be there - no matter how wealthy.
I was waiting.
And under 'taking it personally', a hilarious number believe the dumbass that Canada is nasty and unfair