Not always. In Spain, it fizzled out after Franco died and the king brokered a deal to return to democracy. The transition was difficult, the Spanish right was never really purged of its fascists, but Spanish civil society now is quite vibrant.
In Portugal, the rule of the fascist junta of generals ended with a non-violent people-power revolution.
It will. It’s been inevitable for awhile now, because there are two different United States that cannot coexist with each other. When two groups of humans with radically different ideals are forced to share territory, violence is the inevitable outcome.
The U.S. is already at a low level of violence, and has been since Trump emboldened right-wing stochastic terrorism in 2016. It will only escalate now that Trump’s brownshirts have been released from jail with a mandate to attack Trump’s enemies.
I’m more and more convinced by the day that this isn’t going to end without at least some level of political violence
They’re not going to let it end without it. In fact, they want it so they can use it as an excuse to double down on the fascism.
That’s historically the only way fascism ends.
Not always. In Spain, it fizzled out after Franco died and the king brokered a deal to return to democracy. The transition was difficult, the Spanish right was never really purged of its fascists, but Spanish civil society now is quite vibrant.
In Portugal, the rule of the fascist junta of generals ended with a non-violent people-power revolution.
It will. It’s been inevitable for awhile now, because there are two different United States that cannot coexist with each other. When two groups of humans with radically different ideals are forced to share territory, violence is the inevitable outcome.
The U.S. is already at a low level of violence, and has been since Trump emboldened right-wing stochastic terrorism in 2016. It will only escalate now that Trump’s brownshirts have been released from jail with a mandate to attack Trump’s enemies.