"Let’s remember that in U.S. history, political 'consensus' was usually based on a cross-partisan agreement to leave a discriminatory social order intact and deny marginalized groups equal representation and civil rights. In many ways, 'polarization' is the price U.S. society has had to pay for real progress towards multiracial pluralism."
i'll say it again, fascists go after small, marginalized minorities bc doing so gives them an opportunity to establish precedent for broad, invasive powers against citizens in a way they don't think the mainstream will fight back against
once those laws are established, they won't be used JUST against us marginalized folks