Aaron Rupar

"The J6-style assault in Brazil demonstrates the ongoing threat fascism poses to democracy. It shows that fascism is not confined to 1930s Europe, nor to shaky Third World governments.

Fascism has become a worldwide movement, tied together through shadowy networks and threatening the stability of presumably stable democracies. Those who think the US or any other country in which democratic institutions are in place are immune would be mistaken to become complacent." https://aaronrupar.substack.com/p/scott-nelson-bradley-klein-authoritarianism

It can (and almost did) happen here

Authoritarian dynamics are global; their symptoms are national.

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Jan 11, 2023 at 2:12pmWeb
Show threadJDJan 11, 2023
@atrupar for a few years now it has been apparent to even the modestly intelligent (me) that there has been a worldwide push for authoritarianism/fascism in the form of hyper nationalism and Islamophobia. Initially I thought this was primarily fueled by the instability in the ME and the influx of refugees into Europe and North America. Now it seems to have taken on a broader definition and includes Christian zealotry and plain old right wing libertarian views and the lust for power. I hate to say but as a result it almost seems we are heading toward another world war and I’m not so sure on which side a lot of Americans would fall.
Show threadGlenG🌻 - Support UkraineJan 11, 2023

@atrupar

Excellent article, and timely.

On the required reading list:

"Fascism has now become a worldwide movement, tied together through shadowy networks and threatening the stability of presumably stable democracies. Those who think the US or any other country in which democratic institutions are in place are immune would be mistaken to become complacent."

https://aaronrupar.substack.com/p/scott-nelson-bradley-klein-authoritarianism

It can (and almost did) happen here

Authoritarian dynamics are global; their symptoms are national.

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Show threadMaria AlvesJan 11, 2023
@atrupar 🙋
Show threadᴚ uɐᗡJan 11, 2023
@atrupar a little too ironic when it's the "American Exceptionalism" crowd that undermines / attacks America
Show threadKevin RussellJan 11, 2023

@atrupar

Fascism is being funded by billionaires, its not a "growing movement" it is mass subversion by money with too many zeros.