• stevedice@sh.itjust.works
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    11 hours ago

    Mexican here. Last month, a reporter known for being critical of the government was fired live in the middle of his segment. We’re definitely going fascist.

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      8 hours ago

      Yeah, this is a strangely euro-centric viewing. It needs to include so many more places. Russia is a big one that’s missing, for another example, and there are a ton more. We’re in bad economic times, which is where Fascists thrive. On the good side, leftists can also take advantage of it to actually help people if they succeed.

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        6 hours ago

        We’re only in bad economic time because the wealthy elites and corporation gobbled up everything away from the public, which makes it even more sad.

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          5 hours ago

          Yes, but it’s bad for everyone but them. The reason doesn’t really matter. It’s the same as always. It’s mostly the same conditions that led to the last rise in fascism.

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            4 hours ago

            No, the reason absolutely does matter. If we were all suffering because of a global drought, that would be entirely different than all of us starving and going homeless at the peak of human production.

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              3 hours ago

              Sure, but the reason is always the same. It’s rich people taking everything. There’s way more than enough food and water for everyone, and that’ll be true for a very long time.

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                3 hours ago

                If the reason was always the same, I would be in agreement. The reasons matter.

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                  1 hour ago

                  The reason matters in that it affects how we solve the problems, but in terms of how fascism gets it’s foot in… it doesn’t really.