Alt-right conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec vowed to finish what rioters began on Jan. 6 by working to "overthrow" democracy "completely."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12367209

“Welcome to the end of democracy!” Posobiec declared. “We’re here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on January 6th, but we will endeavor to get rid of it and replace it with this right here,” he said, holding his fist in the air. “That’s right, because all glory is not to government, all glory to God.”

Steve Bannon, former White House adviser, is heard in the background exclaiming, “All right! Amen!”

All Republicans are perfectly happy with the idea of having a (Christo-)fascist dictatorship in power in the U.S. . All that they care about is that the dictatorship rewards them with money and power. I know Republicans like this, people you might think were just ordinary folks, and they’re masters of telling themselves stories to justify their violence and thievery and masters at not seeing anything that might cause cognitive dissonance, to the extent that they’re capable of that at all.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
      6·
      10 months ago

      This is tankie talk. You are being a tankie. We’ll never win the center of the political spectrum if we try to enforce the law against these freaks. That would be too divisive.

      No, instead, we should focus our energy on prosecuting trans teenagers and brutalizing climate refugees at the border.

      You know. Bipartisanship.

      • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        121·
        10 months ago

        It’s definitely not the same. You can give no quarter to fascist ideology. It inevitably (by design) poisons all legitimate political discourse. It’s insidious and it grows like a cancer until it destroys the host and spreads its poison like a virus to the rest of the world.

        Fascism needs to be stamped out with prejudice. I don’t personally like that it’s the case, but we’re already seeing what happens when you allow it to get even the slightest hold.

        These people are extremely dangerous to the world order, and anyone who values free thought should be absolutely terrified of them.

        • Chuckleberry_Finn@lemmy.world
          1·
          10 months ago

          I honestly agree with you, but the issue I see is that the MAGA crowd will say the exact same things when they, for example, think Biden isn’t tough enough on the border In their reality, he is committing treason and should be thrown in jail.

          Maybe I was too dismissive in my first comment so I want to be clear that Republicans deserve to be held accountable. It is troubling that in my point of view, half of the US population thinks politicians being held accountable for their fascism is actually fascism…

          Edit: after rereading your response I feel like we are already past the point where the political discourse in the US has been completely poisoned. Is it even possible for us to induce ourselves when so much of the population has been brainwashed by this?

        • Chuckleberry_Finn@lemmy.world
          4·
          10 months ago

          I deserve that. I tried to clarify my viewpoint in another comment but I want to be clear that I think the Republican party and Trump in particular deserve to be held accountable.