On Sunday, MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan spoke with Jason Stanley, a professor at Yale University and the author of “How Fascism Works,” and discussed Trump’s frightening Veterans Day rally speech, where he called his detractors “vermin” within our country that…
I know someone who said she’d rather live in handmaid’s tale than 1984.
Did this person think those were the options in a US election?
Problem with Republicans is that they combine the worst of both. They “have their own facts” like 1984, and they are using fanatic religiousness to elevate authoritarianism.
It’s insane that so many people see a better future with Republicans. The same is happening in other countries, although to a lesser degree. Either fewer supporters, or less extreme political viewpoints.
I’d like to think I’d start shooting before either of those came to pass.