Stalin would be proud.

I like the part about no new spending is needed. Should we translate that to we will divert people looking into measles and covid to this?

    • DandomRude@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      I’m from Germany and am only observing the situation from afar. Are there any efforts to prevent the US from becoming a fascist state?

      I know, of course, that people are taking to the streets and that this is not being reported adequately by the media. But what is the plan?

      In any case, there seems to be no serious resistance from the Democratic Party…

      • TheHiddenCatboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 hours ago

        It’s much the same problem you guys had in the 1920s. Hate is easy. Cruelty is the norm. Humanity, like the chimpanzee we’re closest related to, is a very ‘in-group/out-group’ species. You’re either one of us, or you’re a threat to be beaten down and killed. Hate is easy to stoke, especially when things are tough. And don’t forget – Hitler studied hate-filled regimes world-wide before he put together his authoritarian empire, and one he studied hard was the US Southeast. Abuse of ‘inferior’ people was a way of life for them!

        Standing up could get you killed in these not-so-United States, so a lot of us try to keep our heads down and be ‘Good Americans’…