It’s a perfect storm: our institutions are failing; voters are disenfranchised; our government is dysfunctional; our political system is purely partisan; our economy is working exclusively for the already-powerful; the U.S. healthcare system is a disaster designed by and functioning on behalf of the 1%; and most of our citizens access news and information from bubbles of confirmation bias, many of whom do so with a good deal of malice, frustration, and anger…..Still, of course, one hopes that perhaps the summer heat will prevent another spike in outbreaks and deaths, this despite the fact that the numbers have been climbing, even during the “grand re-opening of America”…..I have my figurative fingers crossed….
Published on May 28, 2020
100,000 and counting
The perfect conditions for the rise of fascism, sadly.
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Yes, sadly this is the case. While the nationalism movement here in the States is still take relative to the ultranationalist movements abroad, it’s a disturbing trend. But it is a trend and a trajectory that has to be addressed because it’s a short step from ultranationalism to fascism. As you say, these are the conditions for fascism…
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