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  1. If you think fascism is a political ideology, you're probably a lost cause.

    Fascism is a get-rich-fast scheme.
    Always was.

    It's a way to super-charge the core idea of the political right wing.

    What's that? Duping people into voting in the interests of the ultra-rich.

    That's the right wing, through and through. With the media ownership, and the inexplicable reputation for "fiscal responsibility", flying in the face of all the evidence of fiscal recklessness they actually do.

    But fascism is super-charging that through hate-mongering:

    Getting even relatively poor people to vote for the interests of the ultra-rich, by convincing them that they are in danger from people even more vulnerable than themselves.

    That's all there is to fascism. It's not a set of beliefs unless you believe "I will fool these people into giving me power, and then I will sell that power to the rich" is a political belief.

    It's not an ideology. It's just a scheme with an associated aesthetic (similar to how AI slop is the chosen aesthetic of online scams).

    #Fascism101

  2. If you think fascism is a political ideology, you're probably a lost cause.

    Fascism is a get-rich-fast scheme.
    Always was.

    It's a way to super-charge the core idea of the political right wing.

    What's that? Duping people into voting in the interests of the ultra-rich.

    That's the right wing, through and through. With the media ownership, and the inexplicable reputation for "fiscal responsibility", flying in the face of all the evidence of fiscal recklessness they actually do.

    But fascism is super-charging that through hate-mongering:

    Getting even relatively poor people to vote for the interests of the ultra-rich, by convincing them that they are in danger from people even more vulnerable than themselves.

    That's all there is to fascism. It's not a set of beliefs unless you believe "I will fool these people into giving me power, and then I will sell that power to the rich" is a political belief.

    It's not an ideology. It's just a scheme with an associated aesthetic (similar to how AI slop is the chosen aesthetic of online scams).

    #Fascism101

  3. If you think fascism is a political ideology, you're probably a lost cause.

    Fascism is a get-rich-fast scheme.
    Always was.

    It's a way to super-charge the core idea of the political right wing.

    What's that? Duping people into voting in the interests of the ultra-rich.

    That's the right wing, through and through. With the media ownership, and the inexplicable reputation for "fiscal responsibility", flying in the face of all the evidence of fiscal recklessness they actually do.

    But fascism is super-charging that through hate-mongering:

    Getting even relatively poor people to vote for the interests of the ultra-rich, by convincing them that they are in danger from people even more vulnerable than themselves.

    That's all there is to fascism. It's not a set of beliefs unless you believe "I will fool these people into giving me power, and then I will sell that power to the rich" is a political belief.

    It's not an ideology. It's just a scheme with an associated aesthetic (similar to how AI slop is the chosen aesthetic of online scams).

    #Fascism101

  4. If you think fascism is a political ideology, you're probably a lost cause.

    Fascism is a get-rich-fast scheme.
    Always was.

    It's a way to super-charge the core idea of the political right wing.

    What's that? Duping people into voting in the interests of the ultra-rich.

    That's the right wing, through and through. With the media ownership, and the inexplicable reputation for "fiscal responsibility", flying in the face of all the evidence of fiscal recklessness they actually do.

    But fascism is super-charging that through hate-mongering:

    Getting even relatively poor people to vote for the interests of the ultra-rich, by convincing them that they are in danger from people even more vulnerable than themselves.

    That's all there is to fascism. It's not a set of beliefs unless you believe "I will fool these people into giving me power, and then I will sell that power to the rich" is a political belief.

    It's not an ideology. It's just a scheme with an associated aesthetic (similar to how AI slop is the chosen aesthetic of online scams).

    #Fascism101

  5. Be a spendthrift on cops and a miser everywhere else. Deliver for your big donors early. Court the corporate media. Smear any that won't play ball. Pick a scapegoat whose vote you've already lost or were never going to win. Attack them verbally. Attack them legislatively. Attack them physically. Brazen it out. Without shame or remorse.

    Never.
    Admit.
    Wrong.

    Double and triple down. Lie and lie about your lies. Lie till you believe it. Lie till they start to believe it or get bored of chasing the truth. Accuse your opponents of what you are about to do or know you have already done thus far in secret. Sideline the judiciary. Never let a crisis go to waste. Beatify your martyrs. Declare emergency powers. Focus on force not consent. Praise police. Celebrate 'good' violence as the only defence against the terror of the scapegoat's violence. If the scapegoat isn't violent, keep provoking till they are. Or simply accuse them of being so repeatedly. Align yourself with a fascistic, genocidal regime and do so without equivocation or hesitation. Claim the moral high ground as you do so. Demonise protest. Exploit the free publicity of scandal. Ride your opponent's outrage.

    Never.
    Look.
    Weak.

    #Trump or #ChrisMinns
    #fascism101
    #MinnsMustGo
    #ThisIsNotADrill
    #NSWpol #Herzog

    web.archive.org/web/2026021209

  6. Be a spendthrift on cops and a miser everywhere else. Deliver for your big donors early. Court the corporate media. Smear any that won't play ball. Pick a scapegoat whose vote you've already lost or were never going to win. Attack them verbally. Attack them legislatively. Attack them physically. Brazen it out. Without shame or remorse.

    Never.
    Admit.
    Wrong.

    Double and triple down. Lie and lie about your lies. Lie till you believe it. Lie till they start to believe it or get bored of chasing the truth. Accuse your opponents of what you are about to do or know you have already done thus far in secret. Sideline the judiciary. Never let a crisis go to waste. Beatify your martyrs. Declare emergency powers. Focus on force not consent. Praise police. Celebrate 'good' violence as the only defence against the terror of the scapegoat's violence. If the scapegoat isn't violent, keep provoking till they are. Or simply accuse them of being so repeatedly. Align yourself with a fascistic, genocidal regime and do so without equivocation or hesitation. Claim the moral high ground as you do so. Demonise protest. Exploit the free publicity of scandal. Ride your opponent's outrage.

    Never.
    Look.
    Weak.

    #Trump or #ChrisMinns
    #fascism101
    #MinnsMustGo
    #ThisIsNotADrill
    #NSWpol #Herzog

    web.archive.org/web/2026021209

  7. Be a spendthrift on cops and a miser everywhere else. Deliver for your big donors early. Court the corporate media. Smear any that won't play ball. Pick a scapegoat whose vote you've already lost or were never going to win. Attack them verbally. Attack them legislatively. Attack them physically. Brazen it out. Without shame or remorse.

    Never.
    Admit.
    Wrong.

    Double and triple down. Lie and lie about your lies. Lie till you believe it. Lie till they start to believe it or get bored of chasing the truth. Accuse your opponents of what you are about to do or know you have already done thus far in secret. Sideline the judiciary. Never let a crisis go to waste. Beatify your martyrs. Declare emergency powers. Focus on force not consent. Praise police. Celebrate 'good' violence as the only defence against the terror of the scapegoat's violence. If the scapegoat isn't violent, keep provoking till they are. Or simply accuse them of being so repeatedly. Align yourself with a fascistic, genocidal regime and do so without equivocation or hesitation. Claim the moral high ground as you do so. Demonise protest. Exploit the free publicity of scandal. Ride your opponent's outrage.

    Never.
    Look.
    Weak.

    #Trump or #ChrisMinns
    #fascism101
    #MinnsMustGo
    #ThisIsNotADrill
    #NSWpol #Herzog

    web.archive.org/web/2026021209

  8. Be a spendthrift on cops and a miser everywhere else. Deliver for your big donors early. Court the corporate media. Smear any that won't play ball. Pick a scapegoat whose vote you've already lost or were never going to win. Attack them verbally. Attack them legislatively. Attack them physically. Brazen it out. Without shame or remorse.

    Never.
    Admit.
    Wrong.

    Double and triple down. Lie and lie about your lies. Lie till you believe it. Lie till they start to believe it or get bored of chasing the truth. Accuse your opponents of what you are about to do or know you have already done thus far in secret. Sideline the judiciary. Never let a crisis go to waste. Beatify your martyrs. Declare emergency powers. Focus on force not consent. Praise police. Celebrate 'good' violence as the only defence against the terror of the scapegoat's violence. If the scapegoat isn't violent, keep provoking till they are. Or simply accuse them of being so repeatedly. Align yourself with a fascistic, genocidal regime and do so without equivocation or hesitation. Claim the moral high ground as you do so. Demonise protest. Exploit the free publicity of scandal. Ride your opponent's outrage.

    Never.
    Look.
    Weak.

    #Trump or #ChrisMinns
    #fascism101
    #MinnsMustGo
    #ThisIsNotADrill
    #NSWpol #Herzog

    web.archive.org/web/2026021209

  9. Be a spendthrift on cops and a miser everywhere else. Deliver for your big donors early. Court the corporate media. Smear any that won't play ball. Pick a scapegoat whose vote you've already lost or were never going to win. Attack them verbally. Attack them legislatively. Attack them physically. Brazen it out. Without shame or remorse.

    Never.
    Admit.
    Wrong.

    Double and triple down. Lie and lie about your lies. Lie till you believe it. Lie till they start to believe it or get bored of chasing the truth. Accuse your opponents of what you are about to do or know you have already done thus far in secret. Sideline the judiciary. Never let a crisis go to waste. Beatify your martyrs. Declare emergency powers. Focus on force not consent. Praise police. Celebrate 'good' violence as the only defence against the terror of the scapegoat's violence. If the scapegoat isn't violent, keep provoking till they are. Or simply accuse them of being so repeatedly. Align yourself with a fascistic, genocidal regime and do so without equivocation or hesitation. Claim the moral high ground as you do so. Demonise protest. Exploit the free publicity of scandal. Ride your opponent's outrage.

    Never.
    Look.
    Weak.

    #Trump or #ChrisMinns
    #fascism101
    #MinnsMustGo
    #ThisIsNotADrill
    #NSWpol #Herzog

    web.archive.org/web/2026021209

  10. MEME MAKERS AND WRITERS

    Make slides that educate voters about what fascism is and tag them with #Fascism101.

    Most voters have only the sketchiest notions of a word they keep hearing about. We need to teach some basic political history, while we still can.

    mastodon.social/@shoq/11275893

  11. MEME MAKERS AND WRITERS

    Make slides that educate voters about what fascism is and tag them with #Fascism101.

    Most voters have only the sketchiest notions of a word they keep hearing about. We need to teach some basic political history, while we still can.

    mastodon.social/@shoq/11275893

  12. MEME MAKERS AND WRITERS

    Make slides that educate voters about what fascism is and tag them with #Fascism101.

    Most voters have only the sketchiest notions of a word they keep hearing about. We need to teach some basic political history, while we still can.

    mastodon.social/@shoq/11275893

  13. MEME MAKERS AND WRITERS

    Make slides that educate voters about what fascism is and tag them with #Fascism101.

    Most voters have only the sketchiest notions of a word they keep hearing about. We need to teach some basic political history, while we still can.

    mastodon.social/@shoq/11275893

  14. MEME MAKERS AND WRITERS

    Make slides that educate voters about what fascism is and tag them with #Fascism101.

    Most voters have only the sketchiest notions of a word they keep hearing about. We need to teach some basic political history, while we still can.

    mastodon.social/@shoq/11275893

  15. Fascism101: It Always Gets Cooperation From The Press.

    #Fascism101

  16. Fascism101: It Always Gets Cooperation From The Press.

    #Fascism101

  17. Fascism101: It Always Gets Cooperation From The Press.

    #Fascism101

  18. Fascism101: It Always Gets Cooperation From The Press.

    #Fascism101

  19. Fascism101: It Always Gets Cooperation From The Press.

    #Fascism101

  20. @JamesGleick It’s amazing how little people know about what democracy stands on.

    It has been a ”masks off” moment in more ways than one.

    Not just from the wannabe dictators, but from the crowd as well.

    They never wanted to live in a democracy, actually, now that you look closely. They want a different kind of society, which they will still call ”freedom”.

    Even if it won’t be, but they will still trust the leader and blame the scapegoat class on it not being free.

    #fascism101

  21. @JamesGleick It’s amazing how little people know about what democracy stands on.

    It has been a ”masks off” moment in more ways than one.

    Not just from the wannabe dictators, but from the crowd as well.

    They never wanted to live in a democracy, actually, now that you look closely. They want a different kind of society, which they will still call ”freedom”.

    Even if it won’t be, but they will still trust the leader and blame the scapegoat class on it not being free.

    #fascism101

  22. @JamesGleick It’s amazing how little people know about what democracy stands on.

    It has been a ”masks off” moment in more ways than one.

    Not just from the wannabe dictators, but from the crowd as well.

    They never wanted to live in a democracy, actually, now that you look closely. They want a different kind of society, which they will still call ”freedom”.

    Even if it won’t be, but they will still trust the leader and blame the scapegoat class on it not being free.

    #fascism101

  23. @JamesGleick It’s amazing how little people know about what democracy stands on.

    It has been a ”masks off” moment in more ways than one.

    Not just from the wannabe dictators, but from the crowd as well.

    They never wanted to live in a democracy, actually, now that you look closely. They want a different kind of society, which they will still call ”freedom”.

    Even if it won’t be, but they will still trust the leader and blame the scapegoat class on it not being free.

    #fascism101

  24. @JamesGleick It’s amazing how little people know about what democracy stands on.

    It has been a ”masks off” moment in more ways than one.

    Not just from the wannabe dictators, but from the crowd as well.

    They never wanted to live in a democracy, actually, now that you look closely. They want a different kind of society, which they will still call ”freedom”.

    Even if it won’t be, but they will still trust the leader and blame the scapegoat class on it not being free.

    #fascism101

  25. @dangillmor I think many of us have come to realise the incredibly important part that good, robust, honest journalism plays in maintaining some semblance of a democracy. I admit I didn't appreciate it until now. I am so worried about where we are now and where we are going. #Fascism101

  26. @dangillmor I think many of us have come to realise the incredibly important part that good, robust, honest journalism plays in maintaining some semblance of a democracy. I admit I didn't appreciate it until now. I am so worried about where we are now and where we are going. #Fascism101

  27. @dangillmor I think many of us have come to realise the incredibly important part that good, robust, honest journalism plays in maintaining some semblance of a democracy. I admit I didn't appreciate it until now. I am so worried about where we are now and where we are going. #Fascism101

  28. @dangillmor I think many of us have come to realise the incredibly important part that good, robust, honest journalism plays in maintaining some semblance of a democracy. I admit I didn't appreciate it until now. I am so worried about where we are now and where we are going. #Fascism101

  29. @dangillmor I think many of us have come to realise the incredibly important part that good, robust, honest journalism plays in maintaining some semblance of a democracy. I admit I didn't appreciate it until now. I am so worried about where we are now and where we are going. #Fascism101

  30. You know, when I read stories about non-whites lured in by Nazi ideology, I'm reminded of the Dr. Who episode "The Poison Sky" where a boy genius joins up with an alien invasion force called the Sontarans to betray earth. Thinking that he'd be rewarded for his efforts, the aliens tell him that they had no intention of honoring their word, and instead planned on using him and his friends as target practice once they had no more need of them. Food for thought. #fascism101

    nbcnews.com/news/us-news/truck

  31. You know, when I read stories about non-whites lured in by Nazi ideology, I'm reminded of the Dr. Who episode "The Poison Sky" where a boy genius joins up with an alien invasion force called the Sontarans to betray earth. Thinking that he'd be rewarded for his efforts, the aliens tell him that they had no intention of honoring their word, and instead planned on using him and his friends as target practice once they had no more need of them. Food for thought. #fascism101

    nbcnews.com/news/us-news/truck

  32. -DeSantis signed three new anti-trans bills into law.
    -The laws limit LGBTQ+ schools' curriculum and transgender care for minors.
    -They also criminalize "opposite sex" restroom access in public buildings, schools, and parks.

    This is NOT about 'protecting children' it is about inciting hate against a vulnerable & marginalized community to gain political power. We have seen this before and it does not end well. #Fascism101

    businessinsider.com/desantis-a

  33. -DeSantis signed three new anti-trans bills into law.
    -The laws limit LGBTQ+ schools' curriculum and transgender care for minors.
    -They also criminalize "opposite sex" restroom access in public buildings, schools, and parks.

    This is NOT about 'protecting children' it is about inciting hate against a vulnerable & marginalized community to gain political power. We have seen this before and it does not end well. #Fascism101

    businessinsider.com/desantis-a

  34. -DeSantis signed three new anti-trans bills into law.
    -The laws limit LGBTQ+ schools' curriculum and transgender care for minors.
    -They also criminalize "opposite sex" restroom access in public buildings, schools, and parks.

    This is NOT about 'protecting children' it is about inciting hate against a vulnerable & marginalized community to gain political power. We have seen this before and it does not end well. #Fascism101

    businessinsider.com/desantis-a