Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have condemned a raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as “deeply disturbing” and accused the Trump administration of a “rogue abuse of power” just weeks ahead of November’s midterm elections.
Let’s see if they do anything besides strong words and maybe some paddles.
It’s weird to me that so many people are still convinced there is a peaceful way out of fascism. There can be no peace while conservatives continue to infest our nation. They need to be completely removed before we will find any amount of peace. Conservatives are truly, deeply evil and cannot stop harming everyone around them. They must be forcibly stopped or they will only get worse.
That’ll happen when you stop teaching people history.
Fascists love the poorly educated.
This won’t stop me from voting in the upcoming midterms, but I’m of the opinion that the last presidential election was The Last Election, in that I mean the last one that could have mattered. People refused to vote against genocide at home because of genocide on the other side of the world (or so they said).
So yeah. Forceful removal of fascists is the only way forward left.
It’s not a matter of conviction, it’s a matter of impotence. Fascists are mobilized, organized, and well-financed by their oligarch allies. Antifascists are untrained, scattered, and overwhelmingly working class or outright lumpen.
Well, you seem like you’ve got the Will to Power. Get out there and get to it, then. Wave your sword around. Slay the dragon. It should be easy.
I may not be able to slay the entire dragon, but I can encourage my fellow antifascists to act.
Just because we act alone, it doesn’t mean we are alone in the fight. Whether a resistor’s taste is subtly lethal or violently overt, there are countless ways to resist fascism locally.
Conservatives are a wide-spread infestation. They are relatives. They are colleagues. They are neighbors. Be discrete. Be merciless. Be prolific.
That is a huge part of the problem.
It will take group action, not individual action* to fix what is wrong with the USA.
And sustained group action at that.
On the one hand, Trump and co. are looking for excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act. It’s a delicate balance.
They’ve already doing the things that people are scared of.
Arbitrary detentions? Already happening
Shooting protesters in the street? Already happening.
Concentration camps? Already happening.
Tracking citizens movements and keeping records of political “enemies”? Already happening.
The only thing that isn’t happening is people rising up en masse against it.
Do you mean authoritarianism or fascism specifically? I mean look at Orban’s Hungary for a mostly non-violent way out.
Only because of the EU actually punishing Orban for democratic backsliding by withholding funds. It is also hard to do authoritarian things when part of a confederated organisation. Meanwhile, the US has a more centralised government and a single culture, so it regulatory capture is much easier for any authoritarian figures to sneak in.
Then you don’t understand what is actually happening. Just getting trump out of office is not enough. There need to be expedited, quick trials and immediate punishment for the pedophilia and treason that has been livestreamed in 4k for the last decade.
Viktor orban is free. There are some more show trials but even his rival that “defeated” him says “the courts must decide”.
What do you think will happen in our country?
Everyone has been primed for quick and happy acceptance of fascism. We were given an illusion of choice. Descend into techno fascism through physical violence, or administrative means. Either way, the people behind all of the issues here will not face time and are already funding Democrats (Thiel).
People will be so happy that trump is gone and they won’t even remember about flock cameras, employers monitoring your own body heat and emf frequencies to “know your mood”. We will not get any money back from the tarriffs. Prices will not go back down to anything substantial. They will be so distracted by the judge Judy like committee hearings and “special prosecutors” that will be “so close” to convicting anyone meaningful
And you will all cheer
Who are you talking to? You’re making a fictional strawman then arguing against them. I agree with you mostly. Trump will never face a day of justice, and he’s not leaving office alive.
I typed this whole other response but lemmy didn’t save it for some reason…
That sounds like a good first step.
I’m disagreeing with your claim that Hungary found a non violent way out of fascism…
I then explained why.