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IfGodCouldDie posted...

Dude, it always starts small and facisim is literally built on the idea that the leopards won't eat MY face. None of the people that have financial stakes in the US are going to matter in a situation where the country falls to fascism. That's kind of the whole point of fascism. Once fascists have control you either do what they want or you're dead, or you fund the other side of the war in secret to make up for the fact you in part caused it to happen..

Yeah, that's kinda my point and I partially agree, I think I'm just coming at this from a different angle. It's not the big, end goal purge of fascism that should be the worry in America - that is not the imminent threat, as scary (and increasing) as the possibility is.

America is already full of fascistic myths and ideals. If things keep getting worse it's not going be a quick snap turn to fascism but a slow creep of inevitably towards it as those ideals become more accepted. It's the (relatively) smaller but currently happening realities like denial of abortion, trans and gay rights, reducing access to healthcare, gradual removal of democratic processes and acceptability of open fascists that all need focus before the awful possibilities which are still just possibilities.

Also, I kinda agree with Lopen's thought process here but I think the final evaluation of how well the checks and balances in the US function is miles off. Theoretically, you're correct, but practically, the Supreme Court is compromised and will always make decisions that enable the far-right for the foreseeable future. Frankly, I think expecting any decency from Republican politicians at this point is wild. Again, the process is gonna be gradual, but Trump will likely be able to push his luck a little more with what should reasonably be impeachable in his second term than his first. And there are a hell of a lot of rights that can be stripped from people regardless of what Congress have to say, as we've already seen. This doesn't have to be full-on executing politicians in the streets kinda stuff.