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   Rebecca Brückmann (historleans@historians.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 07:08:09 JST Rebecca Brückmann

   Please understand that fascism never "creeps in." It is out in the open, blaring, guns blazing, using neon signs. Yet, too many people still do not care and tell you to stop overreacting, find comfort in complacency because they'll be fine, or welcome fascism with open arms because they support it.

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     Rebecca Brückmann (historleans@historians.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 07:08:07 JST Rebecca Brückmann

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     And let's not expect fascism in the 2020s to look exactly like fascism in the 1920s and 1930s. It is not only about shouty marches, torches, and masculinity-cosplaying uniforms (although there's still plenty of that, too). You can be a fascist in a suit, praising God and selective rights for your ethno-nationalist in-group.

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     Rebecca Brückmann (historleans@historians.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 07:08:07 JST Rebecca Brückmann

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     And sorry for this terrible sidenote but before people come for me from the right-wing gender angle and possibly neglecting cis-women's crucial roles in normalizing and policing right-wing politics and communities: yeah.

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     Rebecca Brückmann (historleans@historians.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 07:08:08 JST Rebecca Brückmann

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     Again: I am not saying "fascism" lightly. Narratives of decay from former glory and a cult of sentimental traditionalism, authoritarianism, ethnic nationalism, praise of violence as a cleansing force, contempt for deliberative democracy and compromise (coded as "weakness"), revenge and punishment obsessions for perceived "enemies" and deploying state agencies to do so, chauvinism, sexism, trans- and homophobia, etc. - all here.