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Maggie Tokuda-Hall@maggietokudahall.bsky.social |
I think one of the hardest things to accept is that fascism and fascists don't need to be smart to be successful, do huge amounts of damage to institutions, and end lives. German intellectuals thought the Nazi party was too chaotic and stupid to ever come into and hold power.
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Buddha Ferret
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Having seen it in action I'd argue stupidity is even more dangerous. Competent evil was like Reagan and the Bushes. Nobody would argue they literally wanted to wreck America. Trump does.
myferretsatepepethefrog.blogspot.com/2024/05/fuck...
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Rotanen ♾️
@rotanen.bsky.social
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Fire doesn't need to be smart to burn a house down.
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Emerence
@damemyniah.bsky.social
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I read an essay once by a historian who wrote that by today’s standards some of the Nazi leaders prosecuted for crimes against humanity would be considered not responsible for their actions due to low intelligence or severe mental illness
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John Dellaporta
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The ability to amplify emotional certitude can transcend every intellectual counterargument that can be thrown, and that scares the crap out of me.
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Lena Richter
@catrinity.bsky.social
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Sadly, it's 100 years later and history repeats itself. (German here. The far-right AfD party keeps getting invited to political talkshows, because intellectuals are still sure they can beat them rhetorically.)
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Blue Honey
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Turns out, fascism seeming chaotic and poorly thought out are excellent cloaking devices to get past the defenses of very serious people. While nonbelievers worry about rationality and logic, fascists amass power and grow their numbers.
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Josh "Go Drink The Sea" Brown
@theotherspeakman.bsky.social
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You know, the Democrats thought the same of Trump in 2016. Thought they had an easy victory.
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Snowden St.
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Fascism plays on emotional reasoning, and the past decade has been a chastening experience in seeing what some folks around the original Nazis were noting.
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Aaron Bourque
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In fact, since fascism is inherently dumb, the dumber fascist rhetoric is, the easier it spreads...
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Zeroisanumber
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Fascists are stupid bullies, which means they're all cowards at heart. If you confront them directly and with force they'll crack. Don't pre-surrender.
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John Wiswell
@wiswell.bsky.social
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This is a truth that is too easy to forget. Thank you for the reminder.
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Timlagor
@timlagor.bsky.social
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Apparently decent people have trouble with the idea that people who seek power may not be good or honest people. (and the people seeking power seem to believe that everyone else is as corrupt as they are)
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Wide Mind | Fierce Heart 🦓🥄
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Another thing I think that is hard for a lot of non-fascists to accept is that plenty of people who are "smart" and/or have formal higher-ed, and/or are social and/or economic elites support fascism and other forms of authoritarianism.
www.britannica.com/topic/fascis...
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Chad Farrenburg
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Trump has made this abundantly clear.
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall
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We can be killed by the stupidest people in the room, and our sweet dunks on their hypocrisy and ignorance and bad grammar won't act as armor.
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Tonight's Special Guest
@specialguest.bsky.social
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I really wish more media from the time (1930s-1940s) had warned us not just of how evil they were, but also how utterly stupid.
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