Saturday, August 22, 2020

We can't let that happen. Do not let them take away your power


We can't let that happen. Do not let them take away your power.*

 

The measure of wealth in a civilized nation is not the currency accumulated by the lucky few, but rather the strength and resonance of social relations and the bonds of reciprocity that connect all people in common purpose.

 

After all, Germany was a state where the law rested on a firm foundation, where a majority in parliament was opposed to Hitler, and where every citizen believed that “his liberty and equal rights were secured by the solemnly affirmed constitution.”

It becomes clear that the installation of a fascist government will not be a revolution or coup d'état; rather, the groundwork for fascism has already been constructed in the ideological worldviews of the majority of Americans.  The riposte to the claim that “It Can’t Happen Here” is “It already has.”

 

*Barack Obama

1.The Unraveling of America 

2.WHEN IT’S TOO LATE TO STOP FASCISM, ACCORDING TO STEFAN ZWEIG

3. It Can’t Happen HereSinclair Lewis

How Did Americans Become Such Wimps?

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