• RabbitBBQ
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    It wasn’t that long ago that basically everyone would be against the idea of deploying active-duty soldiers against U.S. citizens.

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      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.

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        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.

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      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.