To be fair, in Germany at the equivalent point in late 1920s-early 1930s, there were not yet the guns pointing at our (great-)grandparents heads (besides some SA street violence, fascists had still not seized political power).
The crazy thing is that the playbook is so surprisingly similar.
Until some months ago, I was arguing (also here on Mastodon) against labeling these people as fascists.
But 'fascists is as fascist does'.
And the playbook is so obvious. 😢
Additionally, we can observe in realtime how powerhungry politicians promote fascists-friendly discourses and, when their bases sucked in the ideas, get replaced by guys that really believe the stuff.
I hope always that in thr US it turns out like in Italy, where a fascist leader, once in charge, does only marginally more inhumane politics than their liberal-conservative counterparts (tells a lot about the so-called lesser evil parties...).
And it's always the bystanders. The media that want to be neutral and give endless hours of screentime to fascist ideas and concerns. The conservative liberals that don't want to appear leftist and maintain the system until they dug their own grave.
Be fucking aware. And organize effectively on many levels and with many different circles.
Vote if you must, but don't think that this solves anything substantial.
Take care :anarchoheart3:
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