Urzl@AnarchoNinaWrites @hannu_ikonen It was observed, ages ago, that fascists were all preceded by the ur-fascists who established the legal frameworks, agencies and traditions the fascists would need. They might even do it innocently but the machine itself is amoral and doesn't care who's driving it.
The PATRIOT Act, among so many other things, was perfectly emblematic of the danger we were building into the system.
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