Every time one of these fascists publicly utters something horrible, revealing themselves to be who they are, a tiny voice in my head tells me I should be relieved, for finally people will see the truth and reject them from public discourse.
That little voice in my head, it turns out, is an idiot.
@mattblaze According to Timothy Snyder et al., about 1/3 of any given population has fascist authoritarian leanings — in other words, what we normal healthy tolerant folks perceive as idiocy, is perceived by them as something desirable or to emulate. They’ll always find a willing audience.
@mjf_pro @mattblaze Yes, I've said this for many years. I hope it's only one-third. My estimate is a bit less than half.
But yeah, this is built into human nature, ready to be awakened by any despot who knows how to work a crowd by appealing to base instincts.
The only countermeasure is education, I believe. But that takes a long investment of time and effort.
@shuttersparks @mjf_pro @mattblaze
"Fascism" is a 20th century term for the AUTOCRATIC, male dominated, exploiting rule over human societies for the last 5000 years, which actually is a short period in human evolution. But nonetheless long enough for some already to believe that willing submission to fascism has become part of human nature. Solution: implement democracy also in the economy. Then mental fascism can fade away and/or be cured.
Am I naive?
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@Raven47 @mjf_pro @mattblaze Certainly not naive. You see the basic mechanisms that drive everything.
My only comment is that education is key. You can't have a solid democracy without an educated populace. The people have to understand the complexities of what they're voting for.
@shuttersparks @mjf_pro @mattblaze
So far, all "democracies" in human history had or have autocratic, exploiting economies (slaveholder, feudalism, capitalism), and some (Athenian, US) were even politically created for only a privileged part of the population. Yes, education is necessary but it will not be successful if it is in contradiction with the politico-economic reality. Democracy has to be just and fair in both areas, in politics AND economy.
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