From American sectionalism grows American fascism: All fascisms are native-born.

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.editorialboard.com/from-american-sectionalism-grows-american-fascism/

Monday’s post was about two definitions of “politics.” The first was war by other means. That’s what the Republicans do. The other was solving our collective problems. That’s what the Democrats do.

Contrary to popular belief, politics isn’t bad. Politics is how normal people change the world. The Republicans know this. That’s why they simplify all politics – using propaganda and lies – to matters of white racial identity. In this way, politics as problem-solving looks like war.

And war is the end of politics.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis illustrated this last week. He dispatched state agents to Texas to reroute migrants to Martha’s Vineyard. Critics said that he politicized the immigration issue.

He did the opposite.

He reduced a complexity like immigration policy to a question of “us” (good white people) against “them” (bad nonwhite people). Debate is impossible within that framing. Debate in always impossible inside a “culture of demagoguery.” DeSantis disempowered normal people by making it dangerous to act politically without appearing violent.

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[AntivaxHunters]

1. GREAT SHARE!

Wow that is quite the thread and something everyone on here really should read.

[Bev54]

2. Not to be confused with secularism, which is usually a good barrier to fascism.