It seems to be a pitfall of the thinking “it can’t happen here.”

  • Zexks@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Nah this was predicted decades ago. First quote i remember talking about it was “when facism comes to america it will be drapped in an american flag carrying a bible”. And thats pretty much exactly how it happened.

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      I was in college in 2004 when my philosophy 101 professor said with confidence that fascism was on the horizon for the US and that it would happen in our lifetimes.

      Fucking Plato predicted this. And I argued with him like a jackass.

      To quote Judd Hersh as Julius Livingston: We knew! We knew then! And we did nothing!