re: #104 The Ghost of a Flea

Yeah, there is a long term arc here that can’t be ignored: they’re testing the system for breaks, using their power to weaken the system, then testing again. McConnell’s been talking about “permanent majority” in Congress for a long time with very little pushback. The idea of sham democracy…where most people’s votes are made not to count, so that the outcomes result in their side winning far more, and having an easier time making their decisions stick…has been in the offing for decades.

If you look at the way conservatives are attempting to game abortion, you can see the same methodology at work.

I’d argue that the fascism has been in the nation all along. The racial theories that informed the South, but also westward expansion and our colonial phase…well, they fit very comfortably into Eco’s ur-fascist criterion. This has been a long time in the offing.

Let’s not forget that Hitler was inspired by America’s racism and Jim Crow laws. We were the model of working evil world wide.