Hitting the nail on the head

Timothy Snyder does not mince words when he chastises those of wealth and privilege who are obeying in advance in the eventuality of a Trump regime (and I am using the term regime with great care here, as it is not a term that should be thrown about lightly). When faced with the potential reign of a tyrant, obeying in advance is actually the last thing anyone should be doing, especially those with enough privilege to make a difference.

Heather Cox Richardson reminds us that the US War Department (the predecessor to today's Department of Defense) published a series of pamphlets for soldiers starting in 1943, and one of those pamphlets was called Fascism. It's a stark reminder of what fascism is and that we've had our own home-grown fascist threats in the past. In other words, it can happen here. 

Right now, we still have some easy choices to make. The easiest is to vote Democratic in overwhelming enough numbers to vanquish the current fascist threat in the person of Donald Trump and the MAGA movement that he has groomed. The future is uncertain, but right now we have hope.

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