To be clear, I am only talking about people like the average working class Trump voter. The ones who just got caught by misinformation, and just haven’t been able to find a way out. Trump and all his mates are terrible people, and should be held accountable.

The average voter is another thing. My attitude is that I got lucky, and found out that Trump and his mates are terrible, instead of getting sucked down a rabbit hole of supporting them. Knowing how fascism works, I don’t know if I’d be able to reliably land on the right side if fascism happened in my home country. And if I don’t believe I could reliably spot fascism, I’m not comfortable acting like those who support Trump could have.

This isn’t a discussion of “just be a good person”. I know plenty of amazing, caring people who believe they’re doing the right thing.

This whole idea of “I can’t say is reliably avoid fascism” is based on this, the school that became fascist for a week. As bad of an experiment that was from that teacher, it was an effective way of teaching how people fall for what should be obviously a bad thing.

    • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlEnglish
      32·
      3 hours ago

      You’re a white supremacist, you don’t blink at the USA killing hundreds of thousands of non-whites so long as it upholds White hegemony.

      • Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world
        23·
        4 hours ago

        Don’t get me wrong, I feel for the civilians in Gaza, but that’s a drop in the ocean compared to what’s coming. Also the ceasefire is specifically in Gaza. Israel is taking this opportunity to soften up the west bank.

        • small44@lemmy.world
          3·
          3 hours ago

          Between trying to stop a genocide and losing some rights i would pick stopping a genocide. Us citizens had decades to make a valid non imperialist third party before Trump appeared but no they decided to vote to the same two terrible parties complains and think that some protests is going to make politicians act for the good of everybody

        • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlEnglish
          31·
          3 hours ago

          Another reminder that Westerns don’t consider us to be human. Fuck you, I hope someone drops you in an ocean you ghoul.

        • small44@lemmy.world
          3·
          3 hours ago

          If the US was occupied you would want the whole word to support you. Do you feel the same about Russia and Ukraine?

          • im sorry i broke the code@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            2 hours ago

            I do care about that for its geopolitical implications, just as I care about the US downturn to fascism. The west has fucked it up enough in the ME, now it’s up on them to sort their future