What if he wins and it happens here?
Injecting some reality into your day. Read at your own risk.
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Hi friends,
I spend my time hosting the Freedom Over Fascism podcast (just click the logo above) where I interview organizers, activists, experts, entrepreneurs who work their butts off to elect democrats and fight fascism. But just for one second I want to recommend some articles to you envisioning what might happen if we don’t succeed and Trump/Project 2025 is elected. I don’t really want to think about it either, which is why I spend so much (virtually unpaid) time creating the community we’re building here and on the podcast, talking about people who are doing the work to protect freedom. But, once again, we have to grapple with what happens if we don’t win.
https://newrepublic.com/series/37/trump-2024-american-fascism-series
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Been thinking about this a lot, and Timothy Snyder's book 20 Lessons from the 20th Century is one that really sticks with me, almost like a handbook at this point. But indeed, what if he wins and it happens here? I don't think there's any chance it doesn't if he does win, and I spend so much time trying to wrap my head around the mentality that wants this and roots for it. We've lost an appreciation for what institutions actually do, rather than just seeing them as things that merely exist.
Anyone who doesn't think fascism is a possibility is sleeping. My thought is that someone with a bully pulpit better step up and organize into a general strike. I say, let them try to run a country without us. Lawyers, doctors, plumbers, ditch diggers whatever the hell. Everyone must descend on Washington by the millions. They know how to do this in other countries. The million women March was a good start. We need to make that look like a small affair. Look at tablisi recently.