I guess the far right is on the rise everywhere, but I would have thought it would get quashed when the world saw the US go ass up. Unfortunately, it seems I was wrong.
When I was in Portugal not that long ago, everyone I talked to seemed to be fairly anti-fascist. But maybe there was some selection bias at play.
I don’t know what else to tell you. It sucks watching one’s country slide into fascism. It sucks watching the world slide into fascism. I wish I had better answers than that…
These things take time. Unfortunately, life still isn’t bad enough for the average American, so shit can still go on like this without any revolts. And as long as that’s not happening, this shit can still happen to many countries before people learn again.
Hey! Another input from a Portuguese (without any meaningful information, just my vibes and feelings):
Regarding your selection bias, up until recently I think a lot of people were ashamed of being fascist (I only met one teacher that said “… but our past dictator made Portugal rich!!!”), so most people would pretend to align with anti fascism. Nowadays it has been normalized and people yell bs without hesitating :(
I believe that we will have a fascist revolution before de-fascistizing the country. I just hope I can retire and live peacefully in a non-fascist Portugal :(
(Sorry if my comment is confusing, I just woke up and this post made me sad :( I felt the need to comment)
Thanks for your input. I always appreciate a local’s perspective.
That makes sense I think. It’s a lot like what happened in the US. The fascists were always there, but whether they were ashamed or not they knew better than to be out in the open with it. Now, they feel like they have permission, and its been masks-off.
I hope everyone gets to retire and live peacefully in a non-fascist world. I don’t know how many generations it will be before that’s possible though. I used to believe that good will always prevail, but now I’m under no such pretenses. The universe has no moral bias, unfortunately…
It’s planned. Basically a decentralized neo axis. Thats the fun part seem to leave out regarding epstein, he discusses implementing governmental manipulation all starting at brexit… I feel like a damn crazy person (well, more crazy) yelling about this but it seems like everyone’s busy or just ignoring it
It can’t be that crazy if you have some kind of proof. I had the displeasure of reading some of the files published by the American government, which seem to corroborate what you are saying.
Hi, thanks for the info. That’s uhh, concerning.
I guess the far right is on the rise everywhere, but I would have thought it would get quashed when the world saw the US go ass up. Unfortunately, it seems I was wrong.
When I was in Portugal not that long ago, everyone I talked to seemed to be fairly anti-fascist. But maybe there was some selection bias at play.
I don’t know what else to tell you. It sucks watching one’s country slide into fascism. It sucks watching the world slide into fascism. I wish I had better answers than that…
These things take time. Unfortunately, life still isn’t bad enough for the average American, so shit can still go on like this without any revolts. And as long as that’s not happening, this shit can still happen to many countries before people learn again.
Hey! Another input from a Portuguese (without any meaningful information, just my vibes and feelings): Regarding your selection bias, up until recently I think a lot of people were ashamed of being fascist (I only met one teacher that said “… but our past dictator made Portugal rich!!!”), so most people would pretend to align with anti fascism. Nowadays it has been normalized and people yell bs without hesitating :(
I believe that we will have a fascist revolution before de-fascistizing the country. I just hope I can retire and live peacefully in a non-fascist Portugal :(
(Sorry if my comment is confusing, I just woke up and this post made me sad :( I felt the need to comment)
Thanks for your input. I always appreciate a local’s perspective.
That makes sense I think. It’s a lot like what happened in the US. The fascists were always there, but whether they were ashamed or not they knew better than to be out in the open with it. Now, they feel like they have permission, and its been masks-off.
I hope everyone gets to retire and live peacefully in a non-fascist world. I don’t know how many generations it will be before that’s possible though. I used to believe that good will always prevail, but now I’m under no such pretenses. The universe has no moral bias, unfortunately…
Yeah, it’s not great. Seems to be a trend all over the world :(
It’s planned. Basically a decentralized neo axis. Thats the fun part seem to leave out regarding epstein, he discusses implementing governmental manipulation all starting at brexit… I feel like a damn crazy person (well, more crazy) yelling about this but it seems like everyone’s busy or just ignoring it
It can’t be that crazy if you have some kind of proof. I had the displeasure of reading some of the files published by the American government, which seem to corroborate what you are saying.