Flippanarchy
Flippant Anarchism. A lighter take on social criticism with the aim of agitation.
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yes. you need an entire nation of nazis to function under complete societal control. nazis have to be in every corner of public life, especially government facing positions. this application of the term doesn't consider only full-fledged allegiance swearing nazis but workers as well who followed whatever orders they were given to keep their heads low and remain out of trouble. if you follow a nazi work ethic, in your nazi culture, hired by a company staffed by nazis, conducting government business through the lens of nazism.. you're a nazi. it doesn't matter if you aren't willingly being one or merely trying to live, you are upholding nazi values.
Well shit, someone better tell the genocide studies professors at state colleges that they're actually Nazis
You mean those that already fled to Spain and Canada?
Those people work for the state, not the federal government.
And this person is talking about all government workers.
It doesn't matter, most federal workers fit as well. Career scientists and engineers at the EPA aren't fucking Nazis
yeah, they are. they are willingly teaching state propaganda which has been fascist for decades just now more openly, and this current administration has destroyed education and instituted their own rules and regulations on what is and isn't allowed to be taught. if you are working for the government in a capacity that puts authority or power in your hands, then yes, you are a little nazi puppet and are therefore a nazi yourself. it doesn't mean you're the same amount of evil as active nazis participating beyond their need to survive.
I'm just trying to keep my state college library's tech running smoothly, and keep the students from having vaping in the 4th floor bathroom. I'm planning a Gaypril book display because the students are home over the summer, so they never see the one I put up for pride month. I know the procedures for if ICE shows up (they're not allowed in non-public buildings, but the library is a public building). I keep snacks, drinks, and a first aid kit in my office in case I have to shelter in place. I'm a member of my union.
I'm trying my best here and so are my coworkers. I don't see myself doing more good working in the private sector.
i don't know if we are at the point where i would apply the "little nazis are everywhere" framework yet but i also can see the argument made for a parallel to Nazi Germany. many average nazis were not ideologically motivated and favored Hitler's economic vision and the promise of restoring Germany. the sweet librarian was a nazi because she was poor and suffering, not because she hated Jews and believed in the supremacy of the Aryan race. but even workers in nazified fields were nazis doing the bidding of the party even if they were resisting in their own ways.
look at it this way: our education in the US has eroded significantly the past 30 years. right-wing policies have dismantled the effectiveness of public education and they have supplemented their own learning methods and material. education standards have been controlled by fascists for quite some time now which is why kids aren't learning fuck all about actual real history. the US has removed and prevented genuine discussion of our past and are propagandizing our students into denying the harms we caused ourselves and the world.
you are a state worker upholding the standards set by the state. the state has been openly fascist since Trump's first presidency. what are you going to do when your school starts telling staff they have to take away certain reading materials if they see students with them? what is your plan if state schools are required to implement policies that control speech and expression? because if your answer is to stay and provide a balance as the opposition you are being naive. you will have to also do their bidding or lose your job, so you'd be fighting fire by pouring water and oil on it.
there has to come a point in this administration where state jobs are seen as vile and avoided and anyone upholding the system should be looked at suspiciously. it doesn't matter if the principal of a high school is a resistance Democrat, because they are still willingly being used to normalize and standardize fascism. they are also nazis.
My job is to improve access to educational resources and to help ease young adults into adulthood/soften life's blows for my students. I can't do that if I'm not at the school.
Librarians are keenly aware of the tension between intellectual freedom and the government. For example, since at least the PATRIOT act we've stopped keeping certain patron records--you can't be compelled to share information you don't have. You think I've not been watching librarians in other states be prosecuted for providing LGBTQ+ material to students? I've been paying attention.
I've not been asked to do anything against my morals. I'm a state employee, not a federal one, so changes made at the federal level get interpreted by my state government before reaching my college and me. TBH, I expect our services to be eroded through lack of funding, rather than through the implementation of new rules. We're too understaffed to effectively implement new rules anyway.
I think the fact that so many people don't seem to grasp this basic concept about how this country functions seems to imply that those services have already been eroded plenty
Your best would be shooting ICE if they come anywhere near the building, not just politely asking them to leave or cowering away when they step near a library.