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Aral Balkan Mar 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

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Chris Gioran 💔Mar 5, 2023

@aral I share your concerns. It is easy to imagine a rapid decline in Europe, sparked by what is happening overseas. Sweden and Denmark, for example, already have fascists in their governments, so the conditions there are ripe.

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Aral Balkan Mar 5, 2023

@chrisg And not just Sweden and Denmark, either. The Tories in the UK are a breath away from Trumpism, if that. We have our own Orbans and Le Pens. We can draw cautionary tales from what’s happening in the US and elsewhere (Türkiye, etc.) but we must not let the spectacle of America distract us from tackling the problem in our own back yards.

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SnarkyScot Mar 5, 2023

@aral @chrisg the Tories in Britain are shuffling steadily to the right, their handling of immigration, race, democracy, plus their blatant and unremitting corruption, suggest they're effectively fascist now.

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Andrew Thompson Mar 5, 2023

@Anderson @aral @chrisg the truth of your assertion is nowhere better illustrated than by the elevation of the #Tories latest #populist #posterBoy #LeeAnderson
(no relation I hope😉)

This BBC interview with him sent shivers down my spine to the point of being toe-curlingly troubling.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001jryp?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile