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   William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2024 05:13:08 JST William Lindsey :toad:

   Timothy Snyder continues his illuminating discussion of contemporary American-style fascism — as in what the Republican party now offers — in new commentary today.

   Some excerpts:

   "If you think it can't happen here, the first thing to say is it is happening. There are folks around who would very much like for it to happen. The second thing to note is that it *has* happened here."

   #Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism
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   https://snyder.substack.com/p/can-fascism-be-american

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     Coach Pāṇini ® (paninid@mastodon.world)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2024 05:13:04 JST Coach Pāṇini ®

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     @wdlindsy @dgoldsmith
     This is the message in the lead-up to the event.

     It’s giving a spiraling ego death.

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2024 05:13:05 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     Sidney Blumenthal predicts that "Trump’s planned rally at Madison Square Garden will be the ultimate act of ego and the climax of his Hitlerian rhetoric" and that "at his night at the Garden, Trump will revive the memory of the infamous American Nazi mass rally held there on 20 February 1939 through his reflected Hitlerian rhetoric."

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     https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/18/donald-trump-madison-square-garden-rally

     Elledeeay repeated this.
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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2024 05:13:06 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "In other words, if what you're saying now is we can't have fascism because we're exceptional, what you'll be saying the next time around is, well, yeah, it's fascism, but it's ours, and therefore it's exceptional."

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2024 05:13:07 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "I should refer now to, if you want to read more about this, wonderful work by Sarah Churchwell, new book by Rachel Maddow, also Heather Cox Richardson has done some fantastic work about this. But It has happened here. We just have never actually slipped over to the point where we had a fascist regime. But that doesn't make us special."

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2024 05:13:07 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "If you think we're special, and that means we can't be fascists, that's really inviting fascism to the door. Because if you think we can't be fascists because we're so special somehow, that means that you're not going to see the signs. You're going to ignore the signs.

     And then when it's upon you, you'll make the following move. You'll say, well, okay, it is fascism, but it's American fascism, and therefore it's okay."

     #Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism
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