going to have? We had a literal failed revolution by a fascist and they are running for president again and are looking to have great odds for winning...

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

it's neither the first nor the most successful counterrevolution in this country's history. I suggest reading "The Counterrevolution of 1776".

[–] kusuriya 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

or the Civil war, etc

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

yeah, reconstruction and it's liberalization were a doozy

[–] kusuriya 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But at least after the Civil War we went look if you were in charge of the confederacy maybe you don't get to hold a seat in government, so we had that going for us I suppose.

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ehh they walked that back too with the end of the radical reconstruction and the institution of Jim Crow

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

Yeah. The campaign of terror and guerilla warfare that ended reconstruction was really dark.

[–] robinn_IV@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

There is a genocidal fascist as president right now.

[–] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We had a literal failed revolution by a fascist

why did it fail?

[–] kusuriya 1 points 2 years ago

because the goon's that were rallied to do it didn't seem up to the task I suppose.