Saw this thread, and it really hit a chord with me, as these similar fears tend to constantly weigh on me (for various reasons- being trans, ethnic Chinese, commie, etc).

I think we all (leftists, but also just most minorities) know, shit is bad and will get worse, it’s just a question of how bad it will get. People mention it offhand without usually going further into the details, and similarly in other spaces - non-leftist ones as well, for instance Asian diasporic and LGBT spaces in my experience, these fears come up, but ultimately we keep the bulk of our concerns to ourselves. What are our expectations here, for the west? Not just for the US, but the Anglosphere and Europe?

  • pooh [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    13 days ago

    We don’t need a majority of marginalized people to go fash. We just need enough and I think the Democrats doing a genocide while most of their base still willing to vote for them is going to go a long way to legitimize fascist policies, especially if that party continues to choose the triangulation strategy.

    To be a little more clear, I think this type of liberal fascism absolutely will continue. What I was trying to say is that I don’t think we’ll see an openly fascist government like in Nazi Germany where undesirables are hauled off to death camps, since I just don’t think that really fits with present day US. The sort of thing we’ve already seen and continue to see will still be there, though, and likely will continue on its current trajectory.

    • wild_dog [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      18·
      13 days ago

      We are already putting undocumented migrants in concentration camps and supporting Israel who is definitely running death camps. Fascist USA will look different than Nazi Germany for cultural reasons but I don’t trust liberals to be better than the Nazis, I mean German libs supported the OG Nazis at the end of the day.