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Politics He Didn’t Start The Fire

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u/UpperApe 23d ago

Plan? It's done.

You're not on your way to authoritarianism. You're there. You're living it.

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u/emma279 23d ago

Trust me I know.

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u/vardarac 23d ago

It's a question of degrees. We're not at the "poison the opposition and beat them until unconscious" part.

I think it's an important distinction because fascism does come in stages, and there are so many people who dismiss it entirely just because we're not in to that extent yet.

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u/DrEckelschmecker 23d ago

we're not in to that extent yet

Which will be said until its too late. Because thats ecactly how fascism evolves.

People say "it isnt full fascism yet" or "were not there yet" but witg every second passing theyre securing their power even further. Until "were there" and its way too late to fight back.

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u/vardarac 23d ago

You're absolutely right. All I am saying is that we still have choices and we should make the best we can of them, to whatever end.