🌎 Discussion: The Spread of Fascism/Theocracy/Authoritarianism

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

Giving religion a bad name. NO, Jesus does not want women to be executed for ANY reason.

 

[blueharvest]

Liberal pastors challenge Christianity's MAGA turn

Jesus defied an empire and championed the poor — a legacy that some Christians are trying to reclaim.

www.salon.com

 

[blueharvest]

Venezuela's Maduro appoints to his Cabinet a close ally pardoned by the US in a prisoner swap

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has appointed to his Cabinet a close ally who was pardoned by U.S.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

That sounds scary to me....

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-10-23/the-high-profile-military-leaders-who-have-come-out-against-donald-trump

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/16/us/video/the-lead-bob-woodward-war-fascism-donald-trump-gop-2024-election-jake-tapper

Mattis Told Woodward He Agreed Trump Was a Uniquely Dangerous Threat

The former defense secretary has stayed mum this campaign. But he let his opinions be known to the legendary reporter.

www.thebulwark.com

The Atlantic - Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’
The Republican nominee’s preoccupation with dictators, and his disdain for the American military, is deepening.

NY Times - As Election Nears, Kelly Warns Trump Would Rule Like a Dictator
John Kelly, the Trump White House’s longest-serving chief of staff, said that he believed that Donald Trump met the definition of a fascist.

 

[squeekness]

And.....nobody in Trump's base will care. They know who he is and they like it. That is our new, sad reality.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

And.....nobody in Trump's base will care. They know who he is and they like it. That is our new, sad reality.

I'd feel alot better if our timeline diverged on election day, a timeline for the short sighted fascist and one for everyone else

 

[squeekness]

I just want things to go back to normal, where everyone knows saying these things is really bad.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[squeekness]

He's going to regret that tat when he's an old man.

 

[blueharvest]

He's going to regret that tat when he's an old man.

Nah, when you're a Trump Republican, you're in it for life.

 

[Lily Adler]

MAGA specifically tapped into Joe Rogan for his male fanbase. They wanted to get their talking points out there for his listeners and now we have conservative Gen Z men.

 

[blueharvest]

Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes: ‘We want to make America hate again’

Far-right figure blames ‘corrupt leftwing media’ for January 6 attack on US Capitol in new Trump documentary

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Facebook Is Auto-Generating Militia Group Pages as Extremists Continue to Organize in Plain Sight

Ahead of the election, anti-government militias are using Facebook to recruit, coordinate training, and promote ballot box stakeouts. Meta isn’t shutting their groups down and is even auto-generating pages.

www.wired.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Facebook Is Auto-Generating Militia Group Pages as Extremists Continue to Organize in Plain Sight

Ahead of the election, anti-government militias are using Facebook to recruit, coordinate training, and promote ballot box stakeouts. Meta isn’t shutting their groups down and is even auto-generating pages.

www.wired.com

This. This is why we need an AI and social media regulation bill that will require watermarks on AI generated material and government access to algorithms.

 

[blueharvest]

Estranged Family Of Oath Keepers Founder Terrified Trump Will Win And Pardon Him

Stewart Rhodes is serving 18 years in prison for his part in the January 6 insurrection.

www.wonkette.com

 

[blueharvest]

Inside the Violence and Radicalization of America’s Neo-Nazi Youth

White supremacists and right-wing extremists are doing time for increasingly serious crimes. And prison is breeding more of them.

www.vanityfair.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

An excess of billionaires is destabilising politics – just as academics predicted

Politicians have always courted the wealthy, but Elon Musk and co represent a new kind of donor, and an unprecedented danger to democracy, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

10 million?

 

[blueharvest]

How the Christian right is twisting the legacy of an anti-Nazi hero

As the election approaches, experts say a rightwing author is using the theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer – executed for resisting Hitler – as a figurehead against the left, raising fears of political violence

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Trump says ‘I shouldn’t have left’ White House, despite losing 2020 election | Donald Trump | The Guardian

Ex-president also denounces polls showing him trailing Harris at one of his final rallies of campaign in Pennyslvania

amp.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

How the Christian right is twisting the legacy of an anti-Nazi hero

As the election approaches, experts say a rightwing author is using the theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer – executed for resisting Hitler – as a figurehead against the left, raising fears of political violence

www.theguardian.com

Boenhoffer would not vote for Trump. No question.