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One of my be biggest mistake that a lot of people make when facing up against authoritarians and conservatives is to assume that these people just need to see the truth, that they are making mistakes and just need to be shown that. It doesn’t work like that. They aren’t interested in truth or justice. They care about power and a hierarchical social order above all.

The very idea of humans being all fundamentally equal and deserving is wrong and unnatural to them. You can’t argue with them about how for example legislation will unfairly harm some people. That’s an intended and necessary outcome for them, not a problem to be addressed.

And they believe everyone thinks like they do, so they assume any attempt at making the world more fair and just must be a trick to replace or surpass them in the social hierarchy. To them, the hierarchy is eternal and natural, and dismantling it impossible in the same way that going faster than light is physically impossible.

What has historically prevented theocratic, culture war conservatism from turning into full blown authoritarianism was the American conservative tradition's lingering, libertarian qualms about the use of state power. Remove those libertarian qualms, and it's not good.

It’s not about drag, it’s not about bathrooms, it’s not about school sports, it’s not about library books, it’s not about children. I’m terrified what’s going to happen if cis people continue to refuse to understand this. #trans #transphobia

Rightwing extremists advocating for the dissolution of the country is neither new nor surprising.

The fact that such extremists have risen to the center of conservative politics and continue to be elevated within the Republican Party, however, is indicative of an acute threat.

Did you know that Jimmy Carter saved Canada’s capitol by lowering himself into a nuclear reactor that was melting down? Or that Reagan committed treason to defeat him in 1980? Some reflections on the greatest president of my lifetime:

https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/jimmy-carter-reflects-the-best-of?r=nl8r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Now all the hate is louder than ever.

The fascists are

Anti-poor
Antisemitists
Anti working class
Anti gay
Anti trans
Anti Asian
Anti First Nations
Anti immigrant
Anti all people of color
Anti disabled
Anti women.
Anti modern men

When you add It together that’s 90% of us. All fighting separate battles.

When I say all oppression is related this is what I mean.

Start somewhere. Share Black history posts. Participate in #BlackHistory exercises.
Let’s get free together,

If there really are aliens, Republicans will want to ban teaching critical space theory. I’m sorry.

If Fate is a real thing, I hope mine is to fix America by buying an AM radio station and staying up all night infecting crazy old people’s brains with fun and helpful conspiracies like how recycling is how to fight terrorism and that you win the lotto by leaving trans kids alone

Give her what she really wants this Valentine’s Day - Reproductive rights, an ancient tome of curses, the souls of her enemies, and pockets in every dress.

If you don't thing the right-wing dominates our politics, think about how little you hear about wage theft -- the largest single form of theft in America -- and how much you hear about two trans kids in Texas who'd like to play a sport.

Just a heads up: The Woke Mind Virus booster shot doesn’t work.

I got it over a week ago and am STILL not homophobic, anti-Semetic, or spreading unfounded, silly conspiracy theories!