Heidi Li FeldmanFellow Americans, please share this column from @Dahlialith well beyond #Mastodon. Not only is it a wake-up call in its own right, it includes links to many other great pieces about the radical stakes of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/11/trump-vermin-speech-democracy-fascism-2024.html
Supergrobi@heidilifeldman @Dahlialith I had a conversation with a member of the European Parliament today who is working on the DSA, and we both worried that it might become too late for the U.S. to have a similar legislation before polarisation destroys democracy in the U.S.
LindaMarie@supergrobi @heidilifeldman @Dahlialith
Important article. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. Dahlia writes beautifully and clearly on this most urgent peril.
JayDublin@supergrobi @heidilifeldman @Dahlialith “Polarisation” isn’t the problem! Thankfully our society has become so when half of our 2-party system turned to fascism. JFC “polarisation,” in this case, is what comes of a righteous, courageous, moral resistance by the segment of humanity that hopes to stand against a descent into madness. The other option is a “unified”fascist capitulation.
@JayDublin @heidilifeldman @Dahlialith they didn't turn to fascism just like that, but social media algorithms constantly nudged them (because shareholder value).
Of course both sides believe to fight for a righteous cause, however stupid that might seem from our side of the trench