superb quote from 'The Steal: The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election & the People Who Stopped It'

[AngryOldDem]

12. First rule of fascism

Sow suspicion and distrust of democratic traditions and norms. Once people internalize the message that it’s okay to think everything is institutionally corrupt, it makes the road to full autocracy that much smoother.

MSNBC has been doing yeoman’s work in sounding the alarm for 2024. They keep saying they don’t want to scare people — but we must be scared. This must be shouted from the rooftops. There’s still time to fight this. Unfortunately, though, those who need to hear it the most are watching another network and are probably too far down the rabbit hole to be helped.

If more people of the ilk of MTG, Josh Hawley, Paul Gosar, etc. find their way to Congress this year, then we may be truly done as a republic.

My library doesn’t seem to have this book on order yet. I’d like to read it.