To grasp what is going on in the world right now, we need to reflect on two things. One is that we are in a phase of trial runs. The other is that what is being trialled is fascism – a word that should be used carefully but not shirked when it is so clearly on the horizon. Forget “post-fascist” – what we are living with is pre-fascism"
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/f...flow-1.3543375
I posted this in passing in another thread, but it's worth repeating. This is everywhere. Fascism appears to be a necessary component of late stage Capitalism. As tinier groups of people control and commodify resources, and destroy the environment, to gather wealth into more and more concentrated hands, it is required (by those groups) that public resistance to such a system, be quickly and efficiently obliterated. The best system of such methods is fascism. Hence its ugly rise once more in the Post-Industrial West.
We must all take a stand, while there is a chance of fighting this growing threat to freedom, decency, and human survival on this planet. Though, with gerrymandering efforts, Russian propaganda, and digital vote tampering, it does not seem the voting has the power it once did. Nevertheless, vote. Protest. Support activist causes. Write diatribes against the gathering darkness. Public ridicule and shunning of fascists and their enablers. Contact your elected representatives, and let them know how you feel. There is still hope that these growing fascist movements can be stopped in their tracks.
Remember that fascists do not argue in good faith and therefore it is no use debating fascists. The fascists gain power and control through the support of white supremacist, anti-LBGT, xenophobic agendas. Hence, the Muslim ban regarding immigration, the removal of trans rights, and children in cages are clear signs of fascist agenda exploding in clear view in American. Brexit with it's clear xenophobia in Britain. The list is endless, as fascists have infiltrated conservative parties worldwide and threaten to push humanity into annihilation to preserve a system of profit for the elite minority that is unsustainable.
I urge you to vote, to resist, to protest, to speak out, to hold your public officials accountable.
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/f...flow-1.3543375
I posted this in passing in another thread, but it's worth repeating. This is everywhere. Fascism appears to be a necessary component of late stage Capitalism. As tinier groups of people control and commodify resources, and destroy the environment, to gather wealth into more and more concentrated hands, it is required (by those groups) that public resistance to such a system, be quickly and efficiently obliterated. The best system of such methods is fascism. Hence its ugly rise once more in the Post-Industrial West.
We must all take a stand, while there is a chance of fighting this growing threat to freedom, decency, and human survival on this planet. Though, with gerrymandering efforts, Russian propaganda, and digital vote tampering, it does not seem the voting has the power it once did. Nevertheless, vote. Protest. Support activist causes. Write diatribes against the gathering darkness. Public ridicule and shunning of fascists and their enablers. Contact your elected representatives, and let them know how you feel. There is still hope that these growing fascist movements can be stopped in their tracks.
Remember that fascists do not argue in good faith and therefore it is no use debating fascists. The fascists gain power and control through the support of white supremacist, anti-LBGT, xenophobic agendas. Hence, the Muslim ban regarding immigration, the removal of trans rights, and children in cages are clear signs of fascist agenda exploding in clear view in American. Brexit with it's clear xenophobia in Britain. The list is endless, as fascists have infiltrated conservative parties worldwide and threaten to push humanity into annihilation to preserve a system of profit for the elite minority that is unsustainable.
I urge you to vote, to resist, to protest, to speak out, to hold your public officials accountable.
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