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For those of you, like me, watching America’s rapid descent into fascism in abject horror from the sidelines in Europe, remember: where America goes, the West soon follows. If we don’t like where that is, we must do better than doing the same things and hoping for different outcomes.
What I’m saying is America is a warning, not an instruction manual.
@aral I share your concerns. It is easy to imagine a rapid decline in Europe, sparked by what is happening overseas. Sweden and Denmark, for example, already have fascists in their governments, so the conditions there are ripe.
@chrisg And not just Sweden and Denmark, either. The Tories in the UK are a breath away from Trumpism, if that. We have our own Orbans and Le Pens. We can draw cautionary tales from what’s happening in the US and elsewhere (Türkiye, etc.) but we must not let the spectacle of America distract us from tackling the problem in our own back yards.
@IndyRichard @aral @chrisg The Tories are literally far right extremists, and have been for some years. But much of the mainstream media wants us to think it's the SNP that can't be trusted.
@IndyRichard @aral @chrisg I had always assumed that this was because the right wing party in the US was traditionally even more crazy.
Doesn't quite seem to hold up to what has been going on any time recently, but that's how I used to square it in my brain years ago.
@Anderson @aral @chrisg the truth of your assertion is nowhere better illustrated than by the elevation of the #Tories latest #populist #posterBoy #LeeAnderson
(no relation I hope
)
This BBC interview with him sent shivers down my spine to the point of being toe-curlingly troubling.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001jryp?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
@greenaspen @aral @chrisg Absolutely no relation to that individual.
@greenaspen @Anderson @aral @chrisg I emailed Lee 'Ten Bob Nob' Anderson to see if he fancied a boxing match with me instead of Steve Bray, but I didn't get a reply. Strange that.