Aral BalkanMar 5, 2023

For those of you, like me, watching America’s rapid descent into fascism in abject horror from the sidelines in Europe, remember: where America goes, the West soon follows. If we don’t like where that is, we must do better than doing the same things and hoping for different outcomes.

What I’m saying is America is a warning, not an instruction manual.

#america #us #usa #republicans #conservatives #fascism #europe #eu

Show threadHaelos Dagaz
@aral No other Americans in this ENTIRE thread? Cute echo chamber you built here... American here... Literally like 60% of the country is perfectly fine.
I'm not saying things are great here, but really its no worse than its ever been.
Buncha fear mongering idiots, the lot of you....
It's an amazing day out and the people in my city are as beautiful and friendly as ever.
Unlike whatever cesspool the loudest of you grew up in, many of us still know how to take care of oneanother.
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Show threadStellaMar 5, 2023
@haelos @aral I am American. I hope it’s just “fear mongering”! But I pay attention to the “echos” so I don’t just take in qual data only (well in my town🤨) in my assessment of what is really going on. There has been a shift in the US, and 60% imo is not enough when the rhetoric is about hate, suppressing rights, dehumanizing people. One person can make a movement we saw that happen. I don’t want to be fear mongered? but I also don’t want to ignore the signs.
Show threadHaelos DagazMar 5, 2023
@stellina @aral Just keep focusing on you, and we'll all be fine.
The worst of prophecy has already come and gone, and we survived everything that every supposed 'holy' book tried to throw at us. Since 2020 (2012 if you're being generous), we've survived plagues, pestilence, war, famines, locusts, explosions, civil unrest, uprisings, and real acts of terror. If you want to worry about the wellbeing of ANYONE, worry about the citizens of China right now, who are facing the worst of everything.