I think this passage from “They Thought They Were Free” is very apt right now:

“If I had refused to take the oath of fidelity, I would have saved all three million.”
“You are joking,” I said.
“No.”
“You don’t mean to tell me that your refusal would have overthrown the regime in 1935?”
“No.”
“Or that others would have followed your example?”
“No.”
“I don’t understand.”
“You are an American,” he said again, smiling. “I will explain. There I was, in 1935, a perfect example of the kind of person who, with all his advantages in birth, in education, and in position, rules (or might easily rule) in any country. If I had refused to take the oath in 1935, it would have meant that thousands and thousands like me, all over Germany, were refusing to take it. Their refusal would have heartened millions. Thus the regime would have been overthrown, or, indeed, would never have come to power in the first place. The fact that I was not prepared to resist, in 1935, meant that all the thousands, hundreds of thousands, like me in Germany were also unprepared, and each one of these hundreds of thousands was, like me, a man of great influence or of great potential influence. Thus the world was lost.”
“You are serious?” I said.
“Completely,” he said. “These hundred lives I saved—or a thousand or ten as you will—what do they represent? A little something out of the whole terrible evil, when, if my faith had been strong enough in 1935, I could have prevented the whole evil.”

#USPol #USpolitics #politics #USAPolitics #USApol #fascism #nazis #antifascism #resist #isittoolate

#Serbs #NeverAgain #History #Milosovic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=431O_KSsxWU

#PayAttention #IsItTooLate ?

Parts of #SouthAmerica are sweltering under a 'fierce' #heatwave and it’s the middle of winter

The "unbelievable" mid-winter heat is "rewriting all climatic books," according to one expert, as the highest ever temperatures for this time of year have been recorded for many locations, with readings topping 100 F.

By Sophie Tanno, CNN

Published Aug 4, 2023 9:51 AM EDT

"Parts of South America are sweltering under abnormally hot temperatures – despite being in the depths of winter – as the combination of human-caused #ClimateChange and the arrival of #ElNiño feed into extreme winter heat.

"Southern Cone countries including Chile and #Argentina have experienced summer-like conditions as a heat wave, beginning in July, pushed temperatures higher than 38 degrees Celsius (100 Fahrenheit) in some places – dramatically above average for this time of year.

"Maximiliano Herrera, a climatologist who tracks extreme temperatures across the globe, told CNN that South America is experiencing a 'fierce winter heat wave.'

While such heat waves are not unheard of for the continent, this one has 'exceptional characteristics for its area, duration, intensity and being early August,' Herrara said, adding 'dozens of stations are recording their highest ever temperatures in the first half of August.'

"August in the Southern Hemisphere is equivalent to February in the Northern Hemisphere.

"Chile’s environment minister, Maisa Rojas, said that the world has been experiencing extreme events for weeks. 'Yesterday it was the turn of South America and #Chile,' she said in a Twitter post Wednesday.

"In the mountainous Chilean #Andes region, temperatures climbed to 38.9 degrees Celsius (102 Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Herrara, who described the event as 'unbelievable' for mid-winter and 'rewriting all climatic books.'"

https://www.accuweather.com/en/climate/parts-of-south-america-are-sweltering-under-a-fierce-heatwave-and-its-the-middle-of-winter/1566998

#ClimateCrisis #IsItTooLate #ClimateCatastrophe

"Tiger skins and elephant tusks
In guilted mountains seep disgust
I look at you and I want to speak
For once in a while be a man and weep
'Cause all the dolphins and whales have gone
All good tidings and hopes have blown
All our nightmares are flying home
And it's too late to do anything but cry..."

- Siouxsie & the Banshees, 1991

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rufJBbaeKc0

#Extinction #ExtinctionRebellion #IsItTooLate #SATB #ClimateGrief

World Party, "Is It Too Late?"

"Talk about biting the hand that feeds
Sitting there watching as it bleeds
Try your best in the winter light
When it really should be summer night

Is it too late, baby? Too late now
Too late, baby? Too late now
Too late for you to realize
Everything could have been alright..."

- Karl Wallinger, 1990

#WorldParty #ClimateCrisis #IsItTooLate?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IZlfTeOcYg