• WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social
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    14 hours ago

    It’s an endless game of whack a mole if you silence specific parties. The only way to stop them is to improve people’s material conditions so that fascism has no appeal.

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      13 hours ago

      Yeah, that’s how they should’ve stopped hitler. Just improve people’s material conditions, it’s not like he’s actively sabotaging that in order to manipulate them into giving him more power. Oh wait, he did.

      If whackamole is what it takes to keep the fascists down, then whackamole is what it’ll be. History is never over. Life and society are never won. There will always be a danger of resurgence. Vigilance will always be necessary.

      Sorry to tell you this, but it’s true. The balance of the world hangs on a razor’s edge at the best of times. It doesn’t take much to destabilize a system when everything is going smoothly.

      So sure, improve people’s material conditions. There’s a lot we could do better in the world. But don’t stop whacking fascism every time it rears its ugly head…

      • WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social
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        2 hours ago

        Dude, the German government literally handed power to Hitler in an election he didn’t win, because those in power would rather slaughter every minority they can think of rather than give an inch to the left.