Discussion: The Spread of Fascism/Theocracy/Authoritarianism

[blueharvest]

Fears of fascism, extremism grow in US

Fears of growing fascism and extremism are increasing in the United States, according to a new poll. An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National poll released Wednesday found that 31 percent of surveyed Am…

thehill.com

 

[squeekness]

Fears of fascism, extremism grow in US

Fears of growing fascism and extremism are increasing in the United States, according to a new poll. An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National poll released Wednesday found that 31 percent of surveyed Am…

thehill.com

When you hear the crazies screaming it's easy to be afraid.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

There’s two camps on the far right: those that say outright they want to get rid of democracy and those that don’t say it outright but also back any and all measures to restrict voting and throw out the votes of their perceived opponents.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Trump says ‘a lot of people like it’ when he floats the idea of being a dictator

Trump was asked to explain comments he made to Fox News host Sean Hannity, in which the former president said he would become a dictator on his first day in office. “A lot of people like it,” Trum…

www.bostonherald.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Extremist Militias Are Coordinating in More Than 100 Facebook Groups

EXCLUSIVE: After lying low for years in the aftermath of January 6, militia extremist groups and profiles have been quietly reorganizing and ramping up recruitment and rhetoric on Facebook.

www.wired.com

 

[DA_Champion]

Another Boeing whistleblower dead under "strange" circumstances.

Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died

Joshua Dean, one of the first whistleblowers to allege Spirit AeroSystems execs had ignored manufacturing defects on the 737 MAX, died after a sudden illness.

www.seattletimes.com

 

[squeekness]

Another Boeing whistleblower dead under "strange" circumstances.

Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died

Joshua Dean, one of the first whistleblowers to allege Spirit AeroSystems execs had ignored manufacturing defects on the 737 MAX, died after a sudden illness.

www.seattletimes.com

At least he didn't go out a window.

 

[blueharvest]

Chicago police won't discipline 9 officers tied to Oath Keepers extremist group

Mayor Brandon Johnson and CPD Supt. Larry Snelling had earlier vowed to rid the department of officers listed on the anti-government group Oath Keepers' rolls.

chicago.suntimes.com

 

[blueharvest]

Inside the Christian TV show rallying Trump superfans with apocalyptic warnings

“FlashPoint” has gained influence on the Christian right by portraying Donald Trump as a singular leader anointed by God to save America.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[squeekness]

Inside the Christian TV show rallying Trump superfans with apocalyptic warnings

“FlashPoint” has gained influence on the Christian right by portraying Donald Trump as a singular leader anointed by God to save America.

www.nbcnews.com

Religion and politics should be separate and not weaponized.

 

[:eek:]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/04/29/germanys-afd-is-finding-success-on-tiktok-as-its-youth-vote-grows.html

 

[blueharvest]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/04/29/germanys-afd-is-finding-success-on-tiktok-as-its-youth-vote-grows.html

That's not good.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Journalist sounds alarm on dangers of propaganda, calling it ‘one of the worst crises for American democracy this century’

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/07/media/journalist-dangers-of-propaganda-reliable-sources/index.html

 

[DA_Champion]

Anne Applebaum is an American imperialist. She consistently supports every major war effort.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Christian Nationalist Worldview Laid Bare By Joel Webbon

Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon says people are too cowardly and dumb to govern themselves and "must be governed" by a Christian leader.

www.rightwingwatch.org

 

[Hobgoblin]

A country going back to another form of government after a generation of dictatorship? Sure, sounds doable. 🙄

 

[blueharvest]

The Christian Nationalist Worldview Laid Bare By Joel Webbon

Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon says people are too cowardly and dumb to govern themselves and "must be governed" by a Christian leader.

www.rightwingwatch.org

All the more reason why Republicans in general (and especially Donald Trump) should never be allowed near the White House ever again.

 

[blueharvest]

Moms for Liberty accuses schools of antisemitism. The irony is rich.

Last year, a chapter leader quoted Hitler in a newsletter to members and the group has appeared at events with the Proud Boys.

www.motherjones.com

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Anne Applebaum is an American imperialist. She consistently supports every major war effort.

She's right to sound the alarm.

I figured there would be an autocratic front trying to join forces.

Soon there will be no free democracy with a respectable military and that seems according to plan.

 

[DA_Champion]

She's right to sound the alarm.

I figured there would be an autocratic front trying to join forces.

Soon there will be no free democracy with a respectable military and that seems according to plan.

Have we ever had a free democracy with a respectable military?

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Have we ever had a free democracy with a respectable military?

Yes when compared to most dictatorships.

 

[DA_Champion]

Yes when compared to most dictatorships.

I think you underrate the extent the colonialism and domination of the West around the world in the past few hundred years.

A few examples, the US overthrew democratically-elected governments in Iran in 1953, in Chile in 1973, and in Ukraine in 2014. The legacies are dismal, and a genuine democracy would not have done that.

Mohammad Mosaddegh - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

More recently, France was getting a large discount on Niger's uranium. France got rich while a poor country stayed poor. Of course they kicked out the French and invited Russians.

Perfect Storm: Niger’s Uranium Amidst Sahelian Chaos - Foreign Policy Research Institute

After several weeks of tense diplomatic negotiations and saber-rattling between Niamey and Paris, President Emmanuel Macron’s government withdrew Ambassador

www.fpri.org

A multipolar world order will be far better for the mass of humanity than simply having nearly all profits confiscated by ravenous Western elites.

 

[:eek:]

Georgia approves controversial law that sparked mass protests

The bill targets civil society organisations and independent media that receive foreign funding.

www.bbc.com

 

[DA_Champion]

Georgia approves controversial law that sparked mass protests

The bill targets civil society organisations and independent media that receive foreign funding.

www.bbc.com

Good for Georgia for restricting foreign interference. More countries should do the same.

 

[blueharvest]

German far-right politician Björn Höcke guilty of using Nazi slogan

Höcke has led the Alternative for Germany's (AfD) regional branch in Thuringia since the party was founded in 2013

www.bbc.com