Can that big nation fail? Yes, it can. All my ancestors fought in a war and gave me a present for life: Don’t trust narcissistic people. I am german. You all know William Goldings „Lord of the flys“ or Todd Strassers „The Wave“. That’s all you need to know.
I can’t believe how somebody can be so stupid and vote for this loser. He had only the money his father gave him and the only successful thing he made was to destroy it by investing in wrong things.
And all Americans should learn what the terms socialism and communism really mean.
You write, "The threat of today’s fascist movement goes far beyond Trump himself. The attacks on women’s reproductive rights, on LGBTQ people, on immigrants and on voter rights, the book bans and the gun worship are different manifestations of a unified extremist movement. "
Let's be careful about labeling anyone who doesn't agree with us on one of the issues you list above being as a fascist or extremist. The following article makes the point that we're going to need a lot of Trump voters if we're ever to make any meaningful progress on nuclear weapons (and many other things).
We're sixties Woodstock liberals at our house, but we have friends on the conservative side who are entirely reasonable sane people. There are millions of such people all over the country. We Democrats would be wise to ignore Trump and Greene etc to the degree possible, and reach over their heads to their base. We don't have to agree with them, but we can show some respect, and keep the doors open.
As to losing our democracy, before we panic let's keep this in mind. If thousands of Americans can storm the Capitol, thousands of Americans can storm the White House too if needed. Let's have a little more confidence.
As someone who was at Woodstock, I understand exactly what you mean. I certainly don’t believe every racist or sexist is a fascist. I do believe that there is an actual fascist movement growing in our country. It is rising from the bottom and being funded and encouraged at the top.
Here is a good article on The NY Times that embraces both our views: mine that the extremist tide is rising; yours that we cannot simply label people but must strive to win them over.
Hey, congrats on Woodstock! I made it to some other mudfests, but not that one. As it happens, I wrote an article about my hippy house at the commune farm from that era just this morning. Would love to hear your memories as time permits.
One thing we can learn from the sixties is that the political pendulum is always swinging, so whatever is happening in one period will inevitably swing back in the other direction.
Can that big nation fail? Yes, it can. All my ancestors fought in a war and gave me a present for life: Don’t trust narcissistic people. I am german. You all know William Goldings „Lord of the flys“ or Todd Strassers „The Wave“. That’s all you need to know.
I can’t believe how somebody can be so stupid and vote for this loser. He had only the money his father gave him and the only successful thing he made was to destroy it by investing in wrong things.
And all Americans should learn what the terms socialism and communism really mean.
You write, "The threat of today’s fascist movement goes far beyond Trump himself. The attacks on women’s reproductive rights, on LGBTQ people, on immigrants and on voter rights, the book bans and the gun worship are different manifestations of a unified extremist movement. "
Let's be careful about labeling anyone who doesn't agree with us on one of the issues you list above being as a fascist or extremist. The following article makes the point that we're going to need a lot of Trump voters if we're ever to make any meaningful progress on nuclear weapons (and many other things).
https://www.tannytalk.com/p/nukes-ignore-trump-and-embrace-his
We're sixties Woodstock liberals at our house, but we have friends on the conservative side who are entirely reasonable sane people. There are millions of such people all over the country. We Democrats would be wise to ignore Trump and Greene etc to the degree possible, and reach over their heads to their base. We don't have to agree with them, but we can show some respect, and keep the doors open.
As to losing our democracy, before we panic let's keep this in mind. If thousands of Americans can storm the Capitol, thousands of Americans can storm the White House too if needed. Let's have a little more confidence.
As someone who was at Woodstock, I understand exactly what you mean. I certainly don’t believe every racist or sexist is a fascist. I do believe that there is an actual fascist movement growing in our country. It is rising from the bottom and being funded and encouraged at the top.
Here is a good article on The NY Times that embraces both our views: mine that the extremist tide is rising; yours that we cannot simply label people but must strive to win them over.
Thanks for writing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/opinion/republican-party-intrusive-government.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Hey, congrats on Woodstock! I made it to some other mudfests, but not that one. As it happens, I wrote an article about my hippy house at the commune farm from that era just this morning. Would love to hear your memories as time permits.
Draft Link: https://www.tannytalk.com/p/402f34ee-bed1-4c52-ba98-82f026e48c61
One thing we can learn from the sixties is that the political pendulum is always swinging, so whatever is happening in one period will inevitably swing back in the other direction.