It wasn’t that long ago that being a fascist was absolutely unacceptable in mainstream society, and the idea that the USA and other wealthy countries could fall to fascism seemed fantastic.
Authoritarianism doesn’t flourish in times of economic prosperity, historically. Techno-feudalists of the contemporary era require economic despair of the populace to provide “the solution” of their supremacy.
Pretty much the only people who like it are glued to screens blasting nonstop billionaire propaganda like the kid in clockwork orange. There is a significant amount of people who just aren’t online and don’t work in an office who will be suprised by all of this.
It wasn’t that long ago that basically everyone would be against the idea of deploying active-duty soldiers against U.S. citizens.
It wasn’t that long ago that being a fascist was absolutely unacceptable in mainstream society, and the idea that the USA and other wealthy countries could fall to fascism seemed fantastic.
Authoritarianism doesn’t flourish in times of economic prosperity, historically. Techno-feudalists of the contemporary era require economic despair of the populace to provide “the solution” of their supremacy.
Pretty much the only people who like it are glued to screens blasting nonstop billionaire propaganda like the kid in clockwork orange. There is a significant amount of people who just aren’t online and don’t work in an office who will be suprised by all of this.