🌎 Discussion: The Spread of Fascism/Theocracy/Authoritarianism

[MagnarTheGreat]

Amazon, Tesla and Meta among world’s top companies undermining democracy – report

Corporations such as ExxonMobil and Blackstone also big funders of climate crisis, new trade union report finds

www.theguardian.com

Some of the world’s largest companies have been accused of undermining democracy across the world by financially backing far-right political movements, funding and exacerbating the climate crisis, and violating trade union rights and human rights in a report published on Monday by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).

 

[squeekness]

Amazon, Tesla and Meta among world’s top companies undermining democracy – report

Corporations such as ExxonMobil and Blackstone also big funders of climate crisis, new trade union report finds

www.theguardian.com

Who cares about democracy when you c!n get rich?

 

[blueharvest]

Trump’s Slow-Burn Authoritarianism

You’ve read about the scary horrors of a Trump second term. But a legal war of attrition that harasses MAGA’s enemies and transforms government info into propaganda could prove more insidious and harder to mobilize against.

newrepublic.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Infamous Tech Bro Starts School That Teaches How to Crowdfund Your Own Country

A well-funded free market doctrine is getting its own mysterious educational platform.

gizmodo.com

 

[blueharvest]

I was once an architect of the Christian nationalist agenda. I regret it all.

When religion is placed at the service of a political party, it corrupts both.

www.motherjones.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Argentina poverty rate soars over 50% as Milei austerity bites​

https://www.reuters.com/world/ameri...shing-half-argentina-into-poverty-2024-09-26/

Remember, however bad you think your current government is wherever in the world you reside…turning to the far right is not the answer.

 

[:eek:]

A far-right party with Nazi roots is on the brink of power in Austria

Elections will be held on Sunday. Its leader, Herbert Kickl, has been branded as “Volkskanzler” or “people’s chancellor,” by his party, a term the Nazis used to describe Hitler.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

McConnell denounces fellow Republicans for fawning over Hungary’s Viktor Orbán

In a speech from the Senate floor, the Kentucky Republican bashed fellow members of his party for creating a “cult of personality” around the Hungarian authoritarian.

www.msnbc.com

 

[blueharvest]

A far-right party with Nazi roots is on the brink of power in Austria

Elections will be held on Sunday. Its leader, Herbert Kickl, has been branded as “Volkskanzler” or “people’s chancellor,” by his party, a term the Nazis used to describe Hitler.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

How did the far right win in Austria? To understand, look to its global networks | Julia Ebner

The Freedom party hasn’t only harnessed discontent at home – it is drawing on once-fringe ideas that have spread around the world, says Austrian academic and author Julia Ebner

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

The American Taliban.

 

[blueharvest]

Christian nationalists dream of taking over America. This movement is actually doing it.

The New Apostolic Reformation is "the greatest threat to US democracy you've never heard of."

www.motherjones.com

 

[squeekness]

Christian nationalists dream of taking over America. This movement is actually doing it.

The New Apostolic Reformation is "the greatest threat to US democracy you've never heard of."

www.motherjones.com

Let's not put the American Taliban in charge.

 

[Lily Adler]

So Germany has a new rebranded Nazi party known as AfD.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

This will be our future if Trump wins.

 

[blueharvest]

Putin ally Orbán's speech disrupted by screaming activist

An activist interrupted the Hungarian prime minister's remarks by rushing toward the podium and throwing a stack of banknotes.

www.newsweek.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Part One: America's First Fascist Governor - Behind the Bastards | iHeart

<p>Garrison Davis is joined by Robert Evans to discuss Eugene Talmadge, the racist southern country lawyer who became a dictator.</p> <p>(4 Part Series)</p> <p>Sources:</p> <p>The Wild Man From Sugar Creek by William Anderson<br>Race and Racism in the United States by Charles A. Gallagher...

www.iheart.com

Part Two: America's First Fascist Governor - Behind the Bastards | iHeart

<p>Garrison and Robert continue the tale of Gene Talmadge with his first military style coup of Georgia and his battle against FDR.</p><p>See <a href='https://omnystudio.com/listener'>omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

www.iheart.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Hobgoblin]

Who cares about democracy when you c!n get rich.

That about sums it up. They will ignore climate change and human rights as long as their 401k is healthy.

 

[blueharvest]

Ursula von der Leyen attacks Viktor Orbán over pro-Russia stance

Pointed speech by EC president in Strasbourg rebukes Hungarian leader for economic and political policies

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Millionaire ‘apostle’ summoning women to DC for Christian nationalist rally

Jenny Donnelly, leader of anti-trans Don’t Mess With Our Kids, to host first of series of pre-election gatherings in DC

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

The California community caught between a powerful megachurch and far-right extremists

Shasta residents voted out an anti-establishment leader in favor of a business owner who attends the enormously popular yet controversial Bethel church

www.theguardian.com