@lzg

beyond right and wrong, self-interest alone justifies fighting #nazis

people need to understand what #fascism is

it doesn't create anything

it only consumes

it constantly makes new enemies because if it stops consuming, it dies

fascism must always be on the move like a shark or it perishes

so new outgroups to persecute are contrived and eventually you will be in one of them

simple self-preservation:

you must stop fascism now before it gets to you

"doesn't affect me"

oh it will

@benroyce @lzg that's the key feature of fascism that people must know; it always needs 'others' to vilify and that can include you.

@alanthecampbell @lzg

any student of history sees the pattern of how #fascism operates

what is happening in the #usa now is simple #ignorance of the nature of the new #nazis. we have collectively forgotten

it's #MAGA who support it but will also become its victims

and it's entitled complacent morons who don't #vote

the generation that saw #wwii understands, but they are dying off. in their place are legions of idiots who don't understand what the big deal is

they will learn the hard way

@benroyce voting alone will not solve the problem, it will merely reset the clock.
there needs to be a more profound shift away from a model that promotes the tendencies that lead to fascism as good, from the myth of the rugged individual, to neoliberalism.

@alanthecampbell @lzg

@thegarbagebird @benroyce @alanthecampbell @lzg Voting alone isn't enough, but we still need to do it. It's what we call in math proofs necessary but not sufficient.

@mpark i agree. the thing i have been saying in my real-life conversations is ‘vote but don't only vote.’ like, if that's all you have the social, cultural or economic surplus to do, then do it. but if you can do more, see if you can do more.

@benroyce @alanthecampbell @lzg