Ukraine literally checks every single one of these. Also, they openly worship Nazi collaborators, proudly wear Nazi symbols and name their military units after SS units…that stuff should have been the first hint.
The fact that there is a fascist state in Europe again and all of the “West” is supporting it is really fucked.
And the Baltics are close to becoming just like Ukraine.
The US also fits every one of these, and arguably any wholesome chungus European country will fit at least the majority of them too.
Some of the comments on that post are hilarious. “This makes it look like America is fascist.” Yeah, I wonder why.
They’re so close, yet so far
EARLY WARNING SIGNS
Sir I believe this is already beyond repair.
I’m guessing they mean if you notice a couple it’s a bad sign, but all? It’s too late.
The irony of “opposing” fascism and ignoring all the ways your country is falling into it.
USA is that you?
I wish it weren’t so.
Guess which country just lit up the checklist like a neon sign?
So that’s where they store their todo list
disdain for intellectuals
Lol like who, Arendt and Heidegger? Liberals think intellect makes you good, couldn’t be further from the truth.
I feel like they might be including scientists, academia, and medicine in the umbrella of “intellectuals”, so not just theorists.
Absolutely.
Intellectuals: Climate change is an existential threat and we absolutely must change on a societal level.
Americans: No, fuck you.
Intellectuals: Please just wear a mask and stay two meters away from people.
Americans: No, fuck you.
Intellectuals: The vaccine is safe and prevents serious illness, please just take it.
Americans: No, fuck you.
Ah yes, I think you are right… I might be too online and only thinking about political “intellectuals”
I think for the U.S. it would be the disconnect between academia (even though it is still heavily liberalized) and state action
Ah I see what you mean. I interpreted it as libs acting as though fascists don’t have political theorists and intellectuals.
I don’t understand what you mean, fascists are insanely anti-intellectual, even their own intellectuals, like the two you mentioned, are anti-intellectual
Fascists have intellectuals. They may be aesthetically anti-intellectual but they have political theorists, writers, journalists, propagandists, etc.
Edit: also that liberal intellectuals are also pieces of shit and not far from fascists which often prompts our catch phrase “scratch a liberal…” This is actually my main point, my apologies for getting sidetracked, that liberals treat their intellectuals as virtuous yet they are also often horrible people.
Yes, but even intellectuals in the 1940’s could tell you that race science was absolute bunk, and that German people had no relation to the Persian Aryans. Those intellectuals were a nuisance.
My point is being an intellectual alone doesn’t make you noble… Academia produces some grotesque monsters (liberal ones and fascist ones).
I will give you a concrete example of what I mean: Samantha Power. Not someone who is a race scientist (at least not explicitly). She is a liberal intellectual who promotes imperialist and fascist policies using liberal virtues, i.e. right to protect as a defense.
I hope I am not being unnecessarily combative. My point is liberals won’t consider intellectuals who are actually left. They just mean their intellectuals (liberal interventionists and economists, etc). Just like they will defend their journalists, not assange.
Holy shit every single one ticks for USA. And its not even a competition from any other country on any of these.
