I keep seeing this conversation happen. The eternal contest of "who can connect the dots back the furthest without sounding ridiculous" must have occurred in nearly every conversation among learned people who have had the occasion to bemoan present circumstances, which has been almost continually - presumably even in the public baths of Mohenjo-Daro.

On the strength of that observation, I have a new hypothesis to put forward: history has some degree of self-similarity. Sort of like Nietzsche's eternal return, but in a more fractal sense rather than a repetitive sense. Things don't merely repeat, events have a self-similarity and causal intercourse can be apprehended at many levels simultaneously. People have often said "history rhymes". But I find history less like a song and more like some kind of a fractal crime scene, and the culprits are always legion.

At least this way we might have these discussions (repetitively, I note) without having to feel churlish every time we connect another dot, nor aggrieved by having been one-upped. Time is not a flat circle, it's a Mandelbrot set.

No the seeds of fascism were planted when the first Cro-Magnon bashed another's skull in with a thigh bone.

Bin Laden would be so proud. Converting the west into an authoriatarian dream and in the case of the USA, even with a strong religious taste.

The judicial coup that brought Dubya to power was the beginning. 9/11 was just a convenient pretext but the surveillance state and the undermining of civil rights was always going to happen.

Two, three decades ago, it was just another snake cult. Now, everywhere.

Which ones? The Muslim or the Xian flavor?

Nucular

This is exactly why I quoted that bit. Introspection is the natural enemy of fascism, and this employee isn't deferring to outside reasoning for his actions.

I mean outside of him feeling obliged to abide by his superiors, he's really thinking (starting at least) for himself.

I think it is safe to say that specific cop was just following orders that he doesn't really agree with.
Calling him a fascist is the same over generalization they are doing to anyone supporting the "terrorist" organization. And when you say the cop should quit rather than follow orders... you don't know thier situation. They may have a family depending on that job.

So what I am saying is, stop just calling everyone a fascist. It cheapens the insult for those who truely deserve it.

Precisely why I thought that quote validated highlighting. He's in the purgatory between following orders and thinking for himself.

The way he brings it does endear me.

Fascists LOVE this one weird trick!

This has nothing to do with the EU though

They’re not far behind China

They're leagues ahead. We just don't like to acknowledge it, because they're White Westerners rather than Evil NonWhite Communists.

Re: Reddit DC Sub

I'm a naturalized immigrant and loudly anti-regime online. Just today I had two people tell me to "go back to China and see how long you last criticizing the government there"(ironically they never seem to realize that they're advocating for Chinese style authoritarianism under trump), and "Get out of this country you commie."

Most non-POC simply don't understand this reality of racism and tension in this country. It's the definition of privilege. Not needing to think about how police forces or others will react to you because of the color of your skin.

This is just normal treatment of any kind of POC in a western nation in the modern day. Getting randomly screamed at, assaulted, or reported to the police entirely due to skin color and accent.

Palpatine Action: Do it.

Palpatine Action: Let the hate flow through you

I hope this is real

I could set up a website selling these at cost to test it out