Thanks for laying out many of the details of how 2025 American fascism might play out, we need this. I also think it's absolutely necessary that we get grounded right now. Fear is paralyzing. We can't give it space.
We can muck things up in the courts for as long as we need to, but the biggest obstacle will be finding a medium to reach GO…
Thanks for laying out many of the details of how 2025 American fascism might play out, we need this. I also think it's absolutely necessary that we get grounded right now. Fear is paralyzing. We can't give it space.
We can muck things up in the courts for as long as we need to, but the biggest obstacle will be finding a medium to reach GOP voters who consistently vote against their own interest.
This election showed us that the right wing propaganda ecosystem is literally hundreds of times bigger than most of us imagined. When reality hits and things get tough for MAGA voters, maybe seeing the power of a democratic resistance will inspire them to wake up. They are not stupid, they are just horribly misinformed.
I like the term 'propaganda ecosystem' because it does exist...while it is much larger than the core cult, I do think it is much more vulnerable to serious and accurate information and, thus, change. So, attacking those states of knowledge would be the early targets for testing language and its effectiveness to persuade.
The immensity of the alt-reality that the right has created dawned on me when I watched some clips of Trump voters after the election. The response of 2 voters especially hit home: one with a "Latinos for Trump" shirt on who seemed to be totally oblivious to the fact that he and many of his friends and family could be rounded up and put in a camp (prison), and the other was a woman with a white hijab and a red "Arabs for Trump" shirt on. She had a look on her face like "we showed the Democrats! ... didn't we?" She almost seemed to be having second thoughts and maybe realizing that she just signed a death warrant for the remaining Palestinians in Gaza. Electing Trump was the green light for a complete genocide.
Low information seemed to characterize many of the non-cult voters. That, to me, implicates the media, newspapers and broadcasters, who seemed to be in the bag for Trump via either their ownership or the board CEOs, all of which were GOP. It was a loaded hand imho.
Thanks for laying out many of the details of how 2025 American fascism might play out, we need this. I also think it's absolutely necessary that we get grounded right now. Fear is paralyzing. We can't give it space.
We can muck things up in the courts for as long as we need to, but the biggest obstacle will be finding a medium to reach GOP voters who consistently vote against their own interest.
This election showed us that the right wing propaganda ecosystem is literally hundreds of times bigger than most of us imagined. When reality hits and things get tough for MAGA voters, maybe seeing the power of a democratic resistance will inspire them to wake up. They are not stupid, they are just horribly misinformed.
They’re ignorant and stupid, believe me.
I like the term 'propaganda ecosystem' because it does exist...while it is much larger than the core cult, I do think it is much more vulnerable to serious and accurate information and, thus, change. So, attacking those states of knowledge would be the early targets for testing language and its effectiveness to persuade.
The immensity of the alt-reality that the right has created dawned on me when I watched some clips of Trump voters after the election. The response of 2 voters especially hit home: one with a "Latinos for Trump" shirt on who seemed to be totally oblivious to the fact that he and many of his friends and family could be rounded up and put in a camp (prison), and the other was a woman with a white hijab and a red "Arabs for Trump" shirt on. She had a look on her face like "we showed the Democrats! ... didn't we?" She almost seemed to be having second thoughts and maybe realizing that she just signed a death warrant for the remaining Palestinians in Gaza. Electing Trump was the green light for a complete genocide.
Low information seemed to characterize many of the non-cult voters. That, to me, implicates the media, newspapers and broadcasters, who seemed to be in the bag for Trump via either their ownership or the board CEOs, all of which were GOP. It was a loaded hand imho.