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Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social |
Pretty much. What it mostly boils down to is that most Americans really don’t have the faintest idea what living under modern authoritarian regimes actually looks like, and how it’s often at the same time way more boring and way more scary than they’d imagined.
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Frannie, herself.
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We already have that here in Texas.
AG Ken Paxton, Guv Abbott, Lt. Guv Dan Patrick (born Dannie S. Goeb) & our trumplican state sens & reps have created the Texas Stasi.
Neighbors, et al, can spy on neighbors for the state & get paid to do so.
From 7/14/21:
www.bmj.com/content/374/...
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Ol' Chef Dan
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Required viewing these days:
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MariposaRosa
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It is the weaponization of the mundane. The consequences could not be more dire for our country and the world.
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naija gal
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This 👆
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@squidink3.bsky.social
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Having lived briefly under the premier authoritarian regime of the 21st century, I can say it’s chilling. It affects every decision you make. Every utterance.
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Faine Greenwood
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by “most Americans” here, I mean the white, straight, non-immigrant majority. it is absolutely true that many Americans, such as Black Americans, have very current experience with life under murderous authoritarian systems.
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Faine Greenwood
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But all things considered, I’d rather have people be a little too freaked out than a little less freaked out than they should be, if we have to choose, and I get the sense that we pretty much do as humanity is endlessly bad at moderation
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Geo Vaughan 🔜 AC 🐰
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I’m a gay high school teacher. Pretty sure I’m going to get less of the “boring” part and more of the “terrifying” part.
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UnboughtAndUnbossed
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Black Americans do.
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Karate Bearfighter
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I used to work in the PRC. It was simultaneously true of the average person that they: a) virtually never had a direct negative experience with the state, and b) constantly self-monitored to make sure they never came to the attention of the state. Both boring and nerve-wracking, at the same time.
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Steffen
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Agree. Most people who aren't targeted settle in and exist. A tiny percentage of those who think they'll fight, do so. Some who say they'd fight end up actively supporting the regime. Fear occupies the mind of all. I don't believe anyone knows what role they'd take until it happens.
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🦀 Shawn Morris 🦀
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The last time Trump was in power wasn’t very boring
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Celeste Diaz Ferraro
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My family lived in Franco's Spain (early 70s) & yes it was normal/boring. Unless you were gay, in which case you lived in fear of being abducted one night & imprisoned/killed. Same if you made critical comments in public. Same if you worked for someone Franco disliked. So... boring, but terrifying.
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Lux Alptraum לקס אלפטראום
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Lol when Vox ran a piece to that effect people LOST THEIR FUCKING MINDS www.vox.com/the-big-idea...
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vortex egg, MLIS
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Presently I am much more worried about bridges collapsing out from under me due to the shanking of the administrative state than I am about getting [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED].
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RDS (formerly shawphd)
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All you have to do to understand this is to look at how quickly and comprehensively most people have allowed themselves to be convinced that the pandemic is over
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Dr. Earhart Sampson, PhD🌎
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1/ One very dear, lifelong friend, Max, was pulled out of medical school and placed in a work camp. He escaped, worked with the french resistance, made it to the USA. Then joined USA foreign force to go back to eutope and fight.
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Mike Rodriquez
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Yes, it's not like a switch is thrown and then, like in a movie or TV, everyone knows these are the bad times. You think about it, even in Europe, at the height of WW2, folks went to work, did laundry, bought groceries. Life goes on. For most. That's the problem. The rest will know life changed.
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Mike Rodriquez
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As I noted on a local FB group, our small, white (mostly) Kansas town will not change to any appreciable degree unless you're a woman or minority. That lack of change confirms to his supporters that we're all freaking out over nothing. It's very frustrating (obviously).
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Plognark
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Us white people do like to lose our shit over stuff that’s like, 1% as bad as what black Americans have often faced.
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Jennifer Van Goethem
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Hungary is not really a model i’d like to try out and if they knew they wouldn’t either.
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Monica C. Camacho
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What worries me is most Americans have no idea how resilient authoritarian regimes are. Way too many ppl out here fantasizing about pendulums and tipping points and revolution when they can’t even organize a food coop, much asymmetrical warfare against a surveillance state
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