"January 30th 1933 dawned cold and clear in Berlin as Adolph Hitler took his oath of office and promised Germans he would uphold the constitution.

William Lindsey :toad:

@theogrin Surprising, no. Interesting, yes.

William Lindsey :toad:

@scottytrees I fear. And I try to maintain hope.

William Lindsey :toad:

@MSugarhill Perhaps. I'll take the imperfect and ironic in an imperfect and ironic world, as long as the message that needs to be heard is heard.

William Lindsey :toad:

@Pettet50 Thankfully, for those of us who have not troubled to educate ourselves about this critically important period of history, people like Heather Cox Richardson (and numerous others) are doing that in the American context.

micchiato

@wdlindsy

“even in another four years as president, #Trump will not gain the organizational capacity, popular mandate, or institutional consensus to build a dictatorship or prolong his tenure past a second term. What I have seen in Turkey, Poland and Hungary suggests there is a turbulent time between the election of an illiberal leader and the establishment of a dictatorship when resistance will flourish”

Just a moment...

(www.politico.com)

@DoomsdaysCW

William Lindsey :toad:

“Regular and repeated obvious lying is part of the process by which fascist politics destroys the information space.”

~ Jason Stanley, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them (NY: Random House, 2018), p. 57

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #lies #disinformation
/11

How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley: 9780525511854 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

“No single book is as relevant to the present moment.”—Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen “One of the defining books of the decade.”—Elizabeth...

PenguinRandomhouse.com (www.penguinrandomhouse.com)

Markus Sugarhill :breadpats:

@wdlindsy great text!

William Lindsey :toad:

"The kind of government that a Trumpian sort of fascism would bring would not actually address any of the real problems in life. It would only generate the next round
of fake problems the next set of things you should be afraid of and then it will magically declare that those things have been resolved."

~ Timothy Snyder

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #lies #disinformation
/12

Fascism on television

Thoughts from the road #3

(snyder.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"If you asked a hundred or a thousand young men what Trump wants to do that would benefit them, or how the country he wants to create would plausibly be better for them than the one they live in now, I suspect almost none of them would be able to come up with an answer."

~ Paul Waldman

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #lies #disinformation #gender #men #MaleVoters
/13

Trump's Empty Appeal to Young Men

He wants to exploit their disaffection. But what exactly is he offering them?

(paulwaldman.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"If you’re one of those young men excited when he goes on your favorite podcast, so much so that you’re considering voting for the first time? I’ve got some bad news. You’re just another in a long line of marks who fell for Donald Trump’s scams."

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #lies #disinformation #gender #men #MaleVoters
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Babs E. Blue Let's Go Kamala

@wdlindsy Oh, but he's "macho" - NOT I swear to God if young asshole men fuk us over ......ughhhhhhh

Scotty Trees

@wdlindsy we can’t ever give up hope. If it does indeed get worse, it’s one of the only things they can never take from us. Hope is in short supply, but it’s not exhausted yet!

Distant Replay

@wdlindsy
Please stop these intersectional and generational attacks on voter "identity". With only two weeks left there are better ways for you to use your time and your voices.

If Trump wins it will be much as it was in past elections in which he ran. And his support will come overwhelmingly from white people and mostly older white people.

Dan Neuman

@wdlindsy If they are white Christian men, then it will be easier to control women. Get a woman pregnant, even against her will, and she is his for life.

If they are white racist men, then they look forward to controlling people with a different skin color and culture. They won't have to hear a foreign language and fear being mocked behind their backs. They won't have to look at reminders of how little they know about the world.

Huntn00

@wdlindsy We’re living an actual Twilight Zone episode…who knows how it will end. However they sometimes end with people paying for their poor choices. I’d argue if enough of us, we’ll pay for our foolish in-attention, outlandish expectations or imagined fantasy scenarios.

Robert H

@wdlindsy

I am proud to have been a citizen of this experiment in democracty, No world wars since 1945. No conscription since 1973. The highest standard of living at any time and in any country.

The experiment could end in two weeks. It makes me sad for those who follow me.

It took 248 years to build this country and its constitution. It could all be over in months.

MJungnitsch

@wdlindsy ‘Never again’ was chanted by protesters when investigative journalists in Germany recently exposed secret plans of the far right party to overthrow institutions. Unfortunately, this party still keeps getting the votes particularly in east German states. I urge everyone who voted for AfD in Germany to read this article as history tends to repeat itself. The freedom and rights we experience must never be taken for granted. Choose freedom over living in toxic compliance.

BassRck5000

@wdlindsy
YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!

Adrian Segar

@wdlindsy "But if you asked a hundred or a thousand young men what Trump wants to do that would benefit them, or how the country he wants to create would plausibly be better for them than the one they live in now, I suspect almost none of them would be able to come up with an answer."

Oh, they have an answer.

"Trump normalizes the hate I feel for others who are not like me. That benefits me by making me feel better about my hate."

They're just not going to tell you that answer.

gavinisdie :troll:

@wdlindsy I expect to be one of the first people in the concentration camps