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 threadChris 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.
Show threadAral BalkanMar 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.
Show threadIndy 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.
Show threadOggie

@IndyRichard @aral @chrisg I had always assumed that this was because the right wing party in the US was traditionally even more crazy.

Doesn't quite seem to hold up to what has been going on any time recently, but that's how I used to square it in my brain years ago.

Mar 5, 2023 at 4:31pmWeb