MichaelMay 12, 2023
Kim Possible

I've been thinking of late about the imminent threats of fascism and totalitarianism, and this quotation by @charliejane pretty much sums it up:

“A society that has to burn witches to hold itself together is a society that has already failed, and just doesn't know it yet.”
― Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky

May 12, 2023 at 1:02pmWeb
Show threadNomiMay 12, 2023
@kimlockhartga @charliejane
Do you mean in the sense that the fascists by definition are failures and don't know it, because they're held together by purging one minority after another... or that because we've got fascists that we need to burn that the larger "we" have failed and don't know it? Or in some totally different sense?
Show threadDannyboyguymanMay 12, 2023
@nomi @kimlockhartga @charliejane I am confident it is the former and always the fascists who burn witches
Show threadGordarnitMay 12, 2023
@kimlockhartga @charliejane I was thinking the same thing last night as I watched the opening scenes of “Greyhound “ with Tom Hanks. There’s a Catalina Flying Boat escorting a convoy across the Atlantic and that was my father-in-law’s contribution in WW2. With fascism reemerging it is time to review what works/what doesn’t work to prevent the rise of dictators. The U.N. and democracy with oligarchs aren’t working. More unions and money out of politics would help.
Show threadMichaelMay 12, 2023
@kimlockhartga @charliejane nice I have to agree, with this qoute
Show threadThe Hobnobbin' GobblinMay 12, 2023
@kimlockhartga @charliejane "but the Leftists are the witch hunters!" They say. As a leftist I am not out to get anyone. I just want freedom and prosperity for all. I am in near constant disappointment.
Show threadXavierMay 13, 2023
@kimlockhartga That is such a good book. It might be time for me to relisten to the audiobook.
Show threadKim PossibleMay 13, 2023
@xinicit Right? One of my all time favorite brilliant books.