I get that reality sucks, but that doesn’t make your delusions correct :3c

edit: this is specifically about the US, hence the reference to the “liberal experiment” as it was once called. Yes, many other countries are not past the point of no return, but very few are not in grave danger.

  • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
    152·
    12 days ago

    I suggest you all to review your American history because things like this have happened in several occasions and to several degrees.

    None of your examples are anywhere near an actual fascist takeover of the United States. This is certainly a battle that needs to be fought, but the way you made your point implies that this will all blow over like the other things you listed when really, there’s a good chance that this is it for American democracy (at least for a couple decades) and everyone in this needs to be aware of that.

    • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      12 days ago

      I took it as more along the lines of “the end is always near”. One of the things people often get wrong about history is the unspoken assumption that any outcomes are guaranteed. We don’t know how things will turn out, and neither did people like Smedley Butler. We all have a duty to be active participants in history, and the more we understand the context, the better we can do so.