The most important thing is, you need to abort fascism early.
The longer that you let fascism gestate, the harder it becomes to excise.
In fact, if you wait until the third fascist administration, by then, it’s far too late.
It’s already basically the government at that point; you can’t abort a government!
What are you, a traitor?
Ideally, you want to abort fascism in the first six years.
At that point, it’s barely a clump of bigots, it doesn’t even have a platform yet.
But once your first fascist Senators are up for re-election,
If you haven’t nipped the problem in the bud,
Then you’re in for a much more difficult process.
And no, there are no allowances for fascism by force
Illegitimately elected fascists are, unfortunately, still elected fascists
Even if your state is represented by fascism against its voters’ wills
Doesn’t mean you get an exemption
Now now, I hear what you’re saying.
“How would we even know if we had fascism at that point?
We thought we were living in a liberal democracy.”
And that’s why you have to pay extremely close attention to the signs.
Do you wake up in the morning, glance at your phone, and then puke?
Are you worn out and fatigued from fighting battles that seemed settled a generation ago?
Are your billionaires bank accounts starting to look bloated and distended?
If any of those apply to you, there’s a strong chance that you’re growing a miniature fascism
inside your country
And eventually, if you don’t abort it, it will emerge from within you, doing incalculable damage on
its way
And once it’s out in the real world?
Forget about it.
That lil’ guys not going anywhere.
So again, I repeat to you, you’ve got to catch it early
How to abort fascism, though?
I don’t have any fucking clue.
I was asking you.
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