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- politics@lemmy.world
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- politics@lemmy.world
At best, these false claims help politicians cover for corporate misdeeds. At worst, they foster division for its own sake. Neither makes us safer.
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Fascism requires enemies, both internal and external. These enemies need to be painted as simultaneously: weak and can be crushed; but also so dangerous that they are destroying the country. Once the population accepts this rhetoric, the government can literally do anything.
You can’t be a bully if you’re not bullying anybody. A bully without a victim is just a loud angry person.
Might as well face it, America adores bullies. A good bully around who you feel isn’t bullying you will focus feeling of general anxiety into feelings of directed hate which are easier to compartmentalize.
Jon Stewart has been on about cloches lately. I wish we could put people actively claiming insane things like this in a cloche whenever they try and distract from a real conversation. Seems like a pretty effective mute button.
