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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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Indy Richard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Mar 5, 2023

@aral @chrisg Have you noticed that the media in the UK never describe the Tories as being a far right party?
Right wing politics is joined at the hip to our billionaire owned right wing media.

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The Doctor Is In

@IndyRichard @aral @chrisg The Tories are literally far right extremists, and have been for some years. But much of the mainstream media wants us to think it's the SNP that can't be trusted.