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Nicole Parsons

@Piousunyn @jacobrogers256 @marcan

Fascism requires societal norms that promote:
1. Short term thinking
2. Information bubbles
3. Big Lie propaganda
4. Selfishness
5. Disregard for the common good
6. Privatization of public assets like enclosure acts, public lands, national resources
7. High cost of living so people are too busy surviving to get involved in public policy or voting
8. Sociopathy & anti-social conduct
9. Scapegoating a minority
10. Eroded institutions like education

22 May 2023 at 15:18 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mstdn.social
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Jacob the Jacobin🌹🕊️🏳️‍🌈

@Npars01 @Piousunyn @marcan fascism is the ultimate result of late capitalism.

22 May 2023 at 15:20 | Open on tech.lgbt
Nicole Parsons

@jacobrogers256 @Piousunyn @marcan

The last time the rich had accumulated this much wealth, it took two world wars to wrest control from Gilded Age robber barons & their allies in a fading aristocracy.

The globe couldn't withstand a nuclear version of that past solution.

Reforms are still possible if people vote for the right candidates. Vet thoroughly before supporting anyone.

There's a lot of shams like Kyrsten Sinema and Tricia Cotham.

npr.org/2023/04/05/1168246535/

nytimes.com/2023/05/01/magazin

@jacobrogers256 @Piousunyn @marcan

The last time the rich had accumulated this much wealth, it took two world wars to wrest control from Gilded Age robber barons & their allies in a fading aristocracy.

The globe couldn't withstand a nuclear version of that past solution.

Reforms are still possible if people vote for the right candidates. Vet thoroughly before supporting anyone.

22 May 2023 at 15:29 | Open on mstdn.social
Piousunyn

@Npars01 enima an@jacobrogers256@tech.lgbt @marcan

Vetting politicians is almost an impossible task. Santos for example part of the whole Republican iceberg, Sinema and Manchin tips of the Democrat Party. Iceberg?

Damn, apathy must be pleasant

22 May 2023 at 15:38 | Open on universeodon.com
Piousunyn

@Npars01 @jacobrogers256 @marcan

Sorry, I refuse to pay for NYT anything, amusing when I can read Fox for free?

22 May 2023 at 15:44 | Open on universeodon.com
Jacob the Jacobin🌹🕊️🏳️‍🌈
Nicole Parsons

@Piousunyn @jacobrogers256 @marcan

Get a public library card.

Most paywalled material is available for free via your public library.

Mine uses PressReader to view NYT.

Now you know why Republicans and Tories defund public libraries.

Systems of exploitation require information asymmetry. ie where the rich know and no one else does. Information is deliberately withheld to strengthen the 1%.

Know the enemy.

22 May 2023 at 15:51 | Open on mstdn.social
Piousunyn

@Npars01 @jacobrogers256 @marcan

Will check it out, thanks again. Have not been to the library in years.

22 May 2023 at 15:54 | Open on universeodon.com
Nicole Parsons

@Piousunyn @jacobrogers256 @marcan

Don't need to go to a library in person. Usually.

You can obtain a library card by phone, internet, job, or school.

22 May 2023 at 15:56 | Open on mstdn.social
Piousunyn

@Npars01 @jacobrogers256 @marcan

Owners guide to fascism

Thanks.

Over the years, the above list has been promted
propagated and become real. Lots to address here!

22 May 2023 at 15:26 | Open on universeodon.com
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