Does anyone have a cure?
Yea we do!
Pretty neat huh.
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Does anyone have a cure?
Yea we do!
Pretty neat huh.
People think it's a jokes but that what non fascism American will have to do if they ever want another election in their lifetime
Listening to the hosts of a lot of my podcasts talk about how “the next four years are going to be tough.”
…
Bro, you have children and LGBT friends, are you being serious?
The next rest of your life is going to be rough.
That was clever and dark as most of his works.
It's not the original line.
E: it's the suggested cure for insomnia
saw damn really?
Sorry ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
lol, all good, thanks tho
Took the words right out of my mouth
Is it rare? I doubt that.
Definitely not rare, more like malignant, aggressive, terminal..
But the cancer analogy does work, because you can't cure it with band aids (like elections), you have to cut the fucker out at its core, radiate the remaining tissue to make sure none is left behind (via education and a complete overhaul of how society functions, with zero tolerance for bigotry), and continue to get regular check ups to make sure it hasn't returned, and if it does, radiate the fucker again before it metastasises.
We did it to Germany, but it probably needs another dose of chemo at this point, like a disturbing amount of places around the world.
No one really did it to Germany at all, nor anywhere else, including the country Hitler got his inspiration from.
The truth is WWII wasn't fought over bigotry and hate and the fact that people were being exterminated on an industrial scale, it was fought so those in power could stay in power and maintain the status quo, and also make a handsome profit. War always is.
Fascism is capitalism in decay, we will never be rid of one, without abolishing the other.
Rare in that it doesn't happen that often here.
It's metastasized rather quickly, however.
It could be terminal if we don't get the right people to excise it quickly enough.
“Right people” might be how we got it. /rimshot
I think capitalism is the cancer. Fascism is just the symptom of late stage capitalism.
Agreed
""rare""
you mean common symptom of capitalism :p
That's a myth, it's actually quite common.
Rare?
Best not vote! That'll fix it.
Yes, exactly. It's best to just not have your voice heard. Don't vote now, and don't protest later.
If you think the leadership in the Democratic party currently isn't like 80-90% of the way there already, please wake up.
Thank you for being the prime example.
This assumes that voting for managed fascism conducting genocide is going to solve the problem as opposed to chaotic fascism that will continue what the blue fascists started.
Few people here think it would've solved any problems, however it might have prevented some trans people being dead over the next few years.
If that's your take, I respect that.
Seriously, it's time to quarantine the US and seriously purge Europe before it gets any worse
Cancers aren't contagious, which means this is a pox.
Unless you think of earth/humanity as one organism.
Are you sure It's not low information voters who spend most of their time politically deactivated, feel disenfranchised from the economic controls that rule their lives, and have poor media literacy?
Those are symptoms of capitalism... So is fascism
you think socialists can't be dumb? the russian propaganda sure is working on you
For that diagnosis, that will be $28,865.89 and an additional $56.76 per day of none payment.
I've been mulling over getting some "I DID THAT!" stickers of an ass oh.. I mean Trump pointing with that text above his head for when he inevitably raises prices of everything.
I cannot emphasize this enough. Do NOT make it trump. His health will likely take him out before that.
Bring it on to point directly at 2 people: Musk and Vance.
We actually will see those two in 2028. Stop focusing on the distraction. All Trump is right now is a distraction.
Passing doesn't mean he didn't contribute to it. I see your point nonetheless.
zing! You said the fascism word, and you made it “clever”!