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The march to Nazism takes another step

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[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sadly this was inevitable.

I think it was in the skeptics guide to the universe book, they covered the history of eugenics.

It has a significant history in the US, and loads of ne'er-do-wells were sterilised before eugenics was adopted as a policy by the german nazi party.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All of these "inevitable" thresholds being crossed are picking up incredible speed though. At this rate they will have the civil war they're clearly trying to create in less than a full year tops.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They don't want a civil war; that's just the next best thing for them. What they really want is uncontested fascist rule, and unless Americans grow some spine fast they'll get it.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh absolutely; either everyone takes what they dole out lying down, in which case they get their fully fascist state, or people fight back and give them a reason to enact martial law, leading to the same outcome.

[–] SpaceShort@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

3.5% is what it takes to bring the government to it's knees. Aim for it.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What i always wonder happens in these scenarios though... what happens next? Let's say the gov is brought to it's knees by the 3.5%. Who takes charge then? How is it determined?

[–] blargle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Have you read Animal Farm? That. Is it conceivable that someday a people's revolution would turn out otherwise? Sure. But I don't see the American people as being the ones to pull it off.