you can't fight back if you are hungry and sick and destitute and alienated.
the oligarchy knows this. that's why they pour money into sustaining fascism. to take our attention away from them.
Aunty Toni Morrison used to say the whole purpose of racists is to make us waste our time on survival and not getting ahead.
why?
it benefits the manufacturers of fascism: the oligarchy.
we need mitigation so we can focus on the real enemy: the oligarchy.