• betelgeuse [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    6 months ago

    If Trump is a fascist, why aren’t Democrats doing everything in their power to stop him? Why aren’t they stuffing the court? Why aren’t they going after his states? Why aren’t they kidnapping him and breaking his knees? If he really is a fascist then there is no excuse for taking the maximum amount of action to stop him. If you could prevent Hitler coming into power by offering free college to Weimar Germany, wouldn’t you do it?

    “But if we cross the line then we lose something as a country and damage our democracy!”

    Okay so if playing by the rules puts us in a situation where fascists can win and non-fascists lose (twice) then what good are the rules? Why are you okay with preserving the status quo if it results in fascism?

    Like, at some point, you have to start thinking about stuff further than memes you see on r/WhitePeopleTwitter.

    • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      6 months ago

      If you could prevent Hitler coming into power by

      I mean I’d just vote for 99% Hitler; someone like Mengele or something, and you just KNOW Mengele was much less than 99% Hitler. Everything would’ve turned out okay.

      • BodyBySisyphus [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        6 months ago

        If you think about it, Hitler probably prevented someone even more evil than him from taking power, so everyone who voted for him was actually doing us a favor.

        • fox [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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          I’ve seen people unironically say Hitler was the worse choice for Germany because he was a bad wartime leader and that’s the only reason