this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2024
168 points (93.3% liked)

Videos

16675 readers
106 users here now

For sharing interesting videos from around the Web!

Rules

  1. Videos only
  2. Follow the global Mastodon.World rules and the Lemmy.World TOS while posting and commenting.
  3. Don't be a jerk
  4. No advertising
  5. No political videos, post those to !politicalvideos@lemmy.world instead.
  6. Avoid clickbait titles. (Tip: Use dearrow)
  7. Link directly to the video source and not for example an embedded video in an article or tracked sharing link.
  8. Duplicate posts may be removed

Note: bans may apply to both !videos@lemmy.world and !politicalvideos@lemmy.world

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Short Summary

  1. Discusses how Trump or someone like him could potentially turn America into a fascist state in five steps.
  2. The first step involves using threats of violence to gain power, as seen with Trump's attempts to intimidate voters and election officials in 2020.
  3. The second step is to consolidate power by turning every arm of government into a tool of the party, similar to Hitler's actions in purging non-Nazis from the civil service.
  4. The third step is to establish a police state, with Trump planning to deploy troops for immigration raids and crackdowns on crime.
  5. The fourth step is to jail the opposition, with Trump openly threatening to prosecute his opponents and remake the Justice Department for personal vendettas.
  6. The final step is to undermine the free press, as a fascist regime needs to control the flow of information, which Trump has been attacking and threatening to punish news outlets.
  7. The video emphasizes the importance of recognizing the threat of fascism and taking action to prevent it from taking hold.
[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

One thing that I've realized: Fascism is not strictly top down. It's also bottom up. It's the people on every rung (police, courts, whatever) that act on his behalf without being directly ordered.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's a weird concept called voluntary servitude, Étienne de La Boétie que about that in 1577.

Somehow people seem fond of the idea of a big leader.

I saw a lemmygrad post in which a college student was wondering if he should report a Chinese Co Ed that has said some things about xi to the Chinese government. It's wonderful

load more comments (5 replies)