AnarchoNinaWritesPeople ask me "why now, why fascism, why police states, what changed?" And the answer is literally right in front of your face; they know. Rich people, who own pretty much everything - your media, your educational institutes, the politicians you vote for, the cultural product you consume, know that it's capitalism or a planet that can support 8B+ humans. They've known for decades. And they know you won't die quietly so they can keep accumulating wealth. That's why "fascism" and "police states."
And we're past the point where that's a theory. Because every day you watch the situation worsen. Every day, they strip more of your rights. Every day they continue ripping fossil fuels out of the ground and burning them even as it brings you and yours closer to extinction. These aren't theories, these are known facts and you can either choose to believe they're all idiots or you can look at what they're doing and extrapolate what it means.
Installing fascists, building police states, arming themselves to the teeth. The message is super clear, it doesn't take a genius to realize they're going to run us right off the ecological cliff for capital and shoot anyone who tries to fight back - their actions point to NO OTHER POSSIBLE CONCLUSION.
Recognizing this is not crazy; pretending it's not happening while rich people and the states they own line you up for a shallow grave? That's crazy.
D's lack of faith in humanity@AnarchoNinaWrites When you create gross income disparity and disenfranchise voters through voter suppression or a lack of viable choices you build a foundation for the rise of extremism. People look for solutions, extremists provide solutions to those people.
The Heritage Foundation and others have long set to lower taxes and deregulate industries, resulting in income disparity. It appears to be at least partially designed.
Decisions like Buckley v Valeo and Citizens United (as well as the $b lobbying industry) have kept us with 2 parties that drift further and further right each year.
There are a few possible results of this:
- The takeover of an authoritarian regime
- Something like the Arab Spring where the government has to change as a result of civil unrest
- The slow march we've been currently taking to authoritarianism
- The long shot of changing this through the existing system
The whole thing is fucking exhausting. It does only take 3.5% of a population to make a change though.