A key chapter in the fascist playbook has always been to convince the public that it is living in such a state of mortal danger and unbridled chaos that the only chance of survival is to cede individual rights to the determined will of the Dear Leader. Thatâs why fascist leaders have constantly demanded that their populations venerate all violence performed in the service of the state and revere the apparatuses of state violence, such as police forces and the military. In this scenario, state violence is not only necessary for the nationâs survival. State violence is understood as even beautiful, something the public can and must believe in.
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The first way of fighting such an obvious power grab is not to give in to the fear and not to believe the lies. But what is less understood about Trump is that he doesnât even care if we believe his lies. Like all such leaders, what Trump really wants is just that we no longer believe in the truth.
Fucking fascist goons:
Outside the Japanese American National Museum, for that extra bit of resonance.
Speaker Mike Johnson: "Thatâs a decision of the presidentâŠI wonât get in front of him, thatâs not my lane.
House Speaker Johnson calls Bidenâs last-minute pardons âshockingâ and âdisgustingâ
Kilder til DN: Trump tok opp nobelpris i tolltelefon med Stoltenberg [Sources to DN: Trump raised the Nobel Prize in a telephone call with Stoltenberg]
Ut av det blĂ„, mens finansminister Jens Stoltenberg gikk pĂ„ gaten i Oslo, ringte Donald Trump fra Det hvite hus. Han ville ha Nobelprisen â og diskutere toll.
Out of the blue, while Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg was walking on the street in Oslo, Donald Trump called from The White House. He wants the Nobel Prize â and talked about tariffs.
Iâm about to go through a tunnel, I might lose recepâŠ
âBut donât you see, Donald, thereâs an incredibly easy way to solve the problems these tariffs have caused. All you have to do is⊠baâŠwhâŠehâŠhsssssssssss⊠<click>â
âParticularly unfairâ: AriZona founder considers raising price of iconic 99-cent iced tea
âGive it a shake to guess what it is!â
An excellent site - plenty of pithy take-downs and rebuttals, but I still have no idea what Hunter Biden said that apparently demands an apology for Melanomaia.
He was talking on the plane a few minutes ago.
Cue Twilight Zone music.
Putin is bringing business people? Is trump looking to pad the family business again?
Marge and maga wonât be happy because he said itâs possible the United States will provide security for Ukraine but not through NATO.
Portugal! Belarus! Albania!
But really this is weird. I think the problem with trying to think like this at all is that âwhiteâ just isnât really an ethnicity.
Well, of course, Irish, Italian and Polish are only pseudo-white, so you could see why it would be important to clarify. (/s)
(But seriously, if you have been here more than a generation or so, it is incredibly unlikely that you are undiluted in your heritage. This stuff is soooo stupid! Same for those wanting to overturn Loving. Now you have to define what is race. What is Black, Hispanic, Native? How much âmixingâ takes you out of whatever category? Kidding, of course. It will be the âone dropâ standard. Gotta have that Pure Arian Gene Poolâą!)