Yeah I’m kinda looking back on 20th century fascists and thinking, “God, you think someone would have pointed out just how interminably stupid these people were.”
Appeal to base animosity against ‘outgroups’.
Argue that effective governance is hindered by democratic bureaucracy.
Appeal to an idealised past.
Misogyny and racism.
It’s the same predictable shit. There isn’t an ‘alt-right’. This is what fascists are. It’s what they’ve always been. Stupid scared children who look for an authoritarian daddy and a punching bag to safely beat on.
Assuming people haven’t gotten particularly dumber over the years (hardware, not software-wise), how would ‘the usual suspects’ prevent some demagogue to use the weakest and more stupid members of society against their own interests, condemning also their souls in the process? Italy is at it again, so is Germany, and there are more than enough whiffs of racism and violence in the UK and France too. Americans might just be the worst of the Europeans, but we’re mostly headed in the same direction, so… how can we make sure this never happens again in the West, or at least not as often?
Maybe it is, but could we stop saying this? Politics shouldn’t be analyzed from a psychological perspective. It’s a social phenomena, not a cognitive one. Fascism shouldn’t be excused or explained, it should be fought.
I find it hard to tell if it’s just lack of understanding. I think there is also a lack of will to do anything about harmful ideas. Nobody wants to stand up to their asshole family members. Stuff like that.
Belief without evidence goes unchallenged like it’s somehow worthy of any respect to live like that. Like these gits are to be treated equal to someone following the evidence or having a strong truth value.
Idk there’s probably 5000 reasons in this messy web we weave.
Facts don’t matter. Trump’s base will eat it up like candy, and that’s all that the fascists need.
Yeah I’m kinda looking back on 20th century fascists and thinking, “God, you think someone would have pointed out just how interminably stupid these people were.”
It’s the same predictable shit. There isn’t an ‘alt-right’. This is what fascists are. It’s what they’ve always been. Stupid scared children who look for an authoritarian daddy and a punching bag to safely beat on.
Assuming people haven’t gotten particularly dumber over the years (hardware, not software-wise), how would ‘the usual suspects’ prevent some demagogue to use the weakest and more stupid members of society against their own interests, condemning also their souls in the process? Italy is at it again, so is Germany, and there are more than enough whiffs of racism and violence in the UK and France too. Americans might just be the worst of the Europeans, but we’re mostly headed in the same direction, so… how can we make sure this never happens again in the West, or at least not as often?
After almost a decade it feels like most of the human population still do not understand it.
Fascism/Conservatism is not “politics”. It is mental illness (narcissism etc) wrapped in a political bow.
Maybe it is, but could we stop saying this? Politics shouldn’t be analyzed from a psychological perspective. It’s a social phenomena, not a cognitive one. Fascism shouldn’t be excused or explained, it should be fought.
I find it hard to tell if it’s just lack of understanding. I think there is also a lack of will to do anything about harmful ideas. Nobody wants to stand up to their asshole family members. Stuff like that.
Belief without evidence goes unchallenged like it’s somehow worthy of any respect to live like that. Like these gits are to be treated equal to someone following the evidence or having a strong truth value.
Idk there’s probably 5000 reasons in this messy web we weave.