#scapegoats — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #scapegoats, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/20/death-of-accountability-nigel-farage-no-10-brexit. "Austerity plus #Brexit enabled the rise of Farage’s #ReformUK. Further #decline & #insecurity are a boon for those who can channel our rage towards #scapegoats: #immigrants, #asylumseekers, #Muslims, woke 'elites'. If #Farage becomes prime minister in 2029, his Brexit disaster will be a major reason why." The #Nazis blamed the #Jews for people's ills - & THEY were believed, too! Simple answers aren't always the right ones.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/20/death-of-accountability-nigel-farage-no-10-brexit. "Austerity plus #Brexit enabled the rise of Farage’s #ReformUK. Further #decline & #insecurity are a boon for those who can channel our rage towards #scapegoats: #immigrants, #asylumseekers, #Muslims, woke 'elites'. If #Farage becomes prime minister in 2029, his Brexit disaster will be a major reason why." The #Nazis blamed the #Jews for people's ills - & THEY were believed, too! Simple answers aren't always the right ones.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/20/death-of-accountability-nigel-farage-no-10-brexit. "Austerity plus #Brexit enabled the rise of Farage’s #ReformUK. Further #decline & #insecurity are a boon for those who can channel our rage towards #scapegoats: #immigrants, #asylumseekers, #Muslims, woke 'elites'. If #Farage becomes prime minister in 2029, his Brexit disaster will be a major reason why." The #Nazis blamed the #Jews for people's ills - & THEY were believed, too! Simple answers aren't always the right ones.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/20/death-of-accountability-nigel-farage-no-10-brexit. "Austerity plus #Brexit enabled the rise of Farage’s #ReformUK. Further #decline & #insecurity are a boon for those who can channel our rage towards #scapegoats: #immigrants, #asylumseekers, #Muslims, woke 'elites'. If #Farage becomes prime minister in 2029, his Brexit disaster will be a major reason why." The #Nazis blamed the #Jews for people's ills - & THEY were believed, too! Simple answers aren't always the right ones.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/20/death-of-accountability-nigel-farage-no-10-brexit. "Austerity plus #Brexit enabled the rise of Farage’s #ReformUK. Further #decline & #insecurity are a boon for those who can channel our rage towards #scapegoats: #immigrants, #asylumseekers, #Muslims, woke 'elites'. If #Farage becomes prime minister in 2029, his Brexit disaster will be a major reason why." The #Nazis blamed the #Jews for people's ills - & THEY were believed, too! Simple answers aren't always the right ones.
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Cathy Young surveys the response of the American right (read: MAGA) to Orbán's defeat and concludes that those folks aren't taking the loss well. Elon Musk predictably goes low (and antisemitic) by lamenting that Soros (!) has taken over Hungary. Others like Rod Dreher want to pretend that Orbán's concession to Magyar proves that he was always about democracy and not autocracy.
#Orbán #Trump #autocracy #corruption #scapegoats #immigrants #antisemitism
/13https://www.thebulwark.com/p/nationalist-right-orban-loss-election-mourning-hungary-vance-dreher
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"They insist the country is being stolen, that real people are losing control, that chaos is spreading. ...
Moral and media panics are not incidental to this project; they are its central tools."
#Trump #StephenMiller #autocracy #corruption #scapegoats #immigrants #EthnicCleansing #hate
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"If you pull these threads together—Reconstruction and Redemption, the Know‑Nothings, McCarthyism, the crime panics—you see different versions of the same playbook. Something changes in the direction of greater equality or pluralism. New voices insist on being heard. In response, elites and would‑be strongmen sound the alarm."
~ Mark Mansour
#Trump #StephenMiller #autocracy #corruption #scapegoats #immigrants #EthnicCleansing #hate
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"Like dictators before him, Trump’s road to tyranny is paved with stones hurled at 'them' — whether 'they' are immigrants, Iranians, or anyone else who doesn’t fit the white Christian nationalist mold."
#Trump #StephenMiller #autocracy #corruption #scapegoats #immigrants #EthnicCleansing #hate
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"The war in Iran has made everything — even Stephen Miller’s war on immigrants — feel like the Strait of Hormuz....
Miller and Trump, on the other hand, want to fuel bigotry. Their entire project depends on hate."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #StephenMiller #autocracy #corruption #scapegoats #immigrants #EthnicCleansing #hate
/9https://robertreich.substack.com/p/steven-millers-strait-of-hormuz
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"Because Orbán’s administration has used antisemitism as a political tool throughout his time in power, and is desperately turning to this hatred once again on its way, possibly, out the electoral door. ...
This playbook has clear resonances in that deployed by Trump."
#Orbán #Trump #autocracy #corruption #scapegoats #immigrants #antisemitism
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"There is much that Americans can learn from the Hungarian experience of years spent under the governance of someone accused of dismantling rule of law, a person whose inner circle has grown rich during his time in office. But American Jews in particular should pay attention."
~ Emily Tamkin
#Orbán #Trump #autocracy #corruption #scapegoats #immigrants #antisemitism
/8https://forward.com/opinion/818143/orban-hungary-election-antisemitism/
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"Even during his infamous DoorDash delivery this week, Trump clumsily interjected 'men playing women’s sports' into a staged conversation about taxes on tips. The forced non sequitur was awkward for its obviousness."
#Orbán #Trump #autocracy #corruption #scapegoats #immigrants #antisemitism
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"Critics also describe how Orbán routinely created 'imaginary enemies' to distract voters, another Hitlerian maneuver perfected by Trump. From falsely depicting immigrants as violent criminals, to accusing DEI programs of ‘white bashing,’ Trump constantly stokes social division by creating then perpetuating imaginary enemies."
~ Sabrina Haake
#Orbán #Trump #autocracy #corruption #scapegoats #immigrants #antisemitism
/6https://sabrinahaake.substack.com/p/if-hungary-can-do-it-so-can-we
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RE: https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes/world-5f2k3dqjz/-/a-Ef9EjBJ3TFyFAbyrNHeBlg%3Aa%3A3195393-%2F0
But the officials are arresting construction workers and others involved in the renovation work. #scapegoats
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It's about time #maga (and #wappies) wake up. Yes, there is a #elite you shouldn't trust. You have been voting to make them more powerful, hating the #scapegoats they told you to hate. The left was right all along #dumptrump #fckwilders #fckfvd #ja21scks #evilbbb
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It's about time #maga (and #wappies) wake up. Yes, there is a #elite you shouldn't trust. You have been voting to make them more powerful, hating the #scapegoats they told you to hate. The left was right all along #dumptrump #fckwilders #fckfvd #ja21scks #evilbbb
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It's about time #maga (and #wappies) wake up. Yes, there is a #elite you shouldn't trust. You have been voting to make them more powerful, hating the #scapegoats they told you to hate. The left was right all along #dumptrump #fckwilders #fckfvd #ja21scks #evilbbb
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It's about time #maga (and #wappies) wake up. Yes, there is a #elite you shouldn't trust. You have been voting to make them more powerful, hating the #scapegoats they told you to hate. The left was right all along #dumptrump #fckwilders #fckfvd #ja21scks #evilbbb
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It's about time #maga (and #wappies) wake up. Yes, there is a #elite you shouldn't trust. You have been voting to make them more powerful, hating the #scapegoats they told you to hate. The left was right all along #dumptrump #fckwilders #fckfvd #ja21scks #evilbbb
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"If European democracies cannot deliver on the basic promise of shelter, they invite not just economic dysfunction but political catastrophe"
#housing #housingcrisis #democracy #extremism #scapegoats
https://www.socialeurope.eu/europes-housing-crisis-threatens-the-foundations-of-democracy
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One of the people on the MPAQ encrypted chat service:
So everyone by now knows what is happening. If you can't see the atrocities taking place then I honestly don't know what to tell you. If you are cheering them on them shame on you, you are hateful and full of evil. If you were fooled into thinking that it would "only" affect people you personally do not like or who you have been told are "bad" instead of extending to literally EVERYONE then congrats, you are either hateful or at the very least did not listen in the mandated history, social studies and civics classes (or at least play catch up later which by all means YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD!) and are astronomically ignorant. Sorry, you are either A. Extremely hateful B. Not very bright or C. Hateful and ignorant
Educate yourselves on HOW the holocaust started. We are balls deep in it.JEWISH IMMIGRANTS WERE ONLY THE START!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(#IMMIGRANTS)
And they started by telling you these people were "criminals" or "illegal" mind you.Then it progressed to all jews
People of color (Hispanic and brown folks)People of certain religions such as Jewish and Catholics
(Muslims)#Queer people
(self explanatory here)To disabled people and eugenics
(Autistic folks, mentally ill, addicted)To "#vagrants"
(#Houseless people, travelers)And eventually...
To anyone who dared speak out or that the #nazis just "didn't like"It started as #SCAPEGOATS, for some in the beginning maybe even a "ha ha!" before it progressed to massive incarceration, detainment and eventually death. Where the FUCK is your headspace?!
Jesus was an immigrant, he was brown, he was poor, he was #houseless, his earthly parents FLED to save his life when he was still a baby!
To the least of his people?
You are denying them shelter, food, water, clothing, adequate sanitation. You are ripping infants and children from their mother's breast and families arms on the street! In broad daylight!
And cheering this on WHY?! Because of a technicality they have warped unconstitutionally that originally did not even fucking EXIST?! Our founding fathers (the ones among them who were not racist assholes) would be FUCKING PISSED!
The teachers who taught you about pioneer days (though the settlers and colonizers did a lot of fucked up shit a lot of people just sailed right in),
the industrial revolution era where the melting pot grew even more (Irish ect need not apply),
and later the #holocaust and also the #Japanese internment camps (Where they kidnapped anyone who looked Japanese, even families born here! And the holocaust and countless other examples throughout history of them kidnapping people that should all be self explanatory) would be FUCKING PISSEDAnd you know what? I can't really speak for them, but you know what? If I had to take a guess, just a long shot... Jesus and God would probably be FUCKING PISSED!
And so should anyone with even a single ounce of #humanity left!
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"When politicians continue to stoke public alarm toward foreigners, they risk spreading xenophobic sentiment"
"With wages stagnating despite higher prices, many people are struggling to make ends meet. Against this backdrop, foreigners are being used as #scapegoats."
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250712/p2a/00m/0op/008000c
🔸Have noticed sleight-of-hand politicians providing sound-bites, eye-candy & scapegoats tend to mumble on tackling cost of living rises, inequality, sustainability, disaster resilience...
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"There’s also #DOGE, which is now embedded across multiple agencies but will be without a central figure like #Musk to lead it and protect its members... vulnerable to political retribution, especially if the #GOP in the #House decide not to oppose congressional subpoenas... Indeed, the DOGE dudes could become useful #scapegoats for when things go off the rails with #government services and the #economy."
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San Diego neighborhood shame walks ICE back
#SanDiego #ShameWalk #ICE #Enforcers #PoliticalPersecution #Polarization #Billionaires #WealthTransfer #Scapegoats #HumanRights #Assylum
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San Diego neighborhood shame walks ICE back
#SanDiego #ShameWalk #ICE #Enforcers #PoliticalPersecution #Polarization #Billionaires #WealthTransfer #Scapegoats #HumanRights #Assylum
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San Diego neighborhood shame walks ICE back
#SanDiego #ShameWalk #ICE #Enforcers #PoliticalPersecution #Polarization #Billionaires #WealthTransfer #Scapegoats #HumanRights #Assylum
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San Diego neighborhood shame walks ICE back
#SanDiego #ShameWalk #ICE #Enforcers #PoliticalPersecution #Polarization #Billionaires #WealthTransfer #Scapegoats #HumanRights #Assylum
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San Diego neighborhood shame walks ICE back
#SanDiego #ShameWalk #ICE #Enforcers #PoliticalPersecution #Polarization #Billionaires #WealthTransfer #Scapegoats #HumanRights #Assylum
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When multiple existential threats converge, anxiety becomes a reasonable response.
By reducing these legitimate concerns to mere screentime debates, we not only miss opportunities to address root causes, we invalidate young people's justified fears.
If we truly want to support the next generation, we must confront the full spectrum of pressures they face with honest, comprehensive solutions, not convenient #scapegoats that let us avoid truly seeing the world we've created for them.
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What will #jdvance say when the gangs come for his wife (after of course exhausting all other #scapegoats)?
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10 types of #misinformation and #disinformation Be smart. How to recognise disinformation: Designating #scapegoats Evoke strong #emotions (fear and anger) Causing #polarization #Impersonating an 'expert' Spreading #conspiracytheories with no clear evidence #Trolling to evoke a lot of reactions
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S8ao0FAf5Q
#Comedians Hilariously Dismantle #Rightwing LIES About #LAFires
#LAWildfires #scapegoats #farright #ClimateChange #LosAngeles
FYI: 2.40 min. mark : #GavinSchmidt director , #NASA #GoddardInstituteforSpaceStudies describes #LAWildfires.
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Early #Italian #Immigrants Were #SecondClass Citizens
March 2020
by Al Bruno"The perilous journey to America in the late 1800s and the early 20th century was extremely difficult for Italian #immigrant families. Worn out and exhausted, most toting an old foot locker and a couple of bags, they hoped for an opportunity to economically improve their family situations in America. Most arrived in stages, following Papa who usually ventured across the Atlantic first to establish citizenship and secure full-time employment.
"'When the Italian began arriving in New York City in large around 1880, they faced fierce competition from the #Irish who resented their working for less money and longer hours. And although they shared the same Catholic faith, Italians were viewed as superstitious because of their devotion to saints, which was expressed in the staging of elaborate feasts,' writes Haydee Camacho in 'Reflections of Irish and Italian Immigration, Animosity, and Eventual Understanding.' 'Irish pastors tried to accommodate their growing Italian communities by offering these Italian immigrants services in the basement of their churches, but pride would not have it. The stalemate led to the building of churches to serve Italians and other new immigrant groups, not only in New York but other major cities in America’s mid and northeastern, major cities.'
"Between 1876 and 1930, most of the five million Italian immigrants came to the U.S. from southern Italy as #FarmLaborers and unskilled workers known as #cantadini. Most of the newly-arrived were confused and lost in America, but earlier immigrants assisted them by introducing the Italians to the padrone, a boss and middleman between the immigrants and the American employers. In 'When America Barred Italians,' Helene Stapinski wrote, 'So our desperate great- and great-great-grandparents came in droves from Italy spurred by the #Industrial #barons in need of #CheapLabor who welcomed them with open arms to America. Often dangerous jobs no one else wanted awaited them. Some, like my relatives, came here illegally, under false names or as stowaways. On one ship alone, 200 stowaways were found.'
[...] "'Lambroso branded the Southern Italians savages and rapists, blaming them for the crime that was on the rise in the United States.' The U.S. Immigration Commission concluded in the infamous Dillingham report, 'Certain kinds of criminality are inherent in the Italian race. In the popular mind, crimes of personal violence, robbery, blackmail and extortion are peculiar to the people of Italy.'
"The #ImmigrationAct of 1924 barred most Italians from coming into the country, causing immigration from Italy to fall 90 percent, even though the vast majority of those coming to America were good, honest-working people and not criminals. There was also growing anti-immigration sentiment that posited the idea that Italians and eastern Europeans were morally unfit to be Americans. Of course, the same argument was made of the Irish. Eventually, this attitude would result in a 1924 federal immigration law that blocked Italians and southern and eastern Europeans from coming to America.
"Italian immigrants were chasing after the 'American Dream' and the 'gold in the streets' they had heard so much of and hoped for when they were growing up and working on the farmlands and vineyards in sunny Italy. Like other immigrant groups, they had sons who honorably served their country in WWII. Hall of famers Rocky Marciano, Lawrence 'Yogi' Berra and Joe DiMaggio, all first-generation Italian Americans, served in the war. These men and many other Italian immigrants persevered through the prejudice and 'second-class' treatment and achieved the '#AmericanDream.'"
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Early #Italian #Immigrants Were #SecondClass Citizens
March 2020
by Al Bruno"The perilous journey to America in the late 1800s and the early 20th century was extremely difficult for Italian #immigrant families. Worn out and exhausted, most toting an old foot locker and a couple of bags, they hoped for an opportunity to economically improve their family situations in America. Most arrived in stages, following Papa who usually ventured across the Atlantic first to establish citizenship and secure full-time employment.
"'When the Italian began arriving in New York City in large around 1880, they faced fierce competition from the #Irish who resented their working for less money and longer hours. And although they shared the same Catholic faith, Italians were viewed as superstitious because of their devotion to saints, which was expressed in the staging of elaborate feasts,' writes Haydee Camacho in 'Reflections of Irish and Italian Immigration, Animosity, and Eventual Understanding.' 'Irish pastors tried to accommodate their growing Italian communities by offering these Italian immigrants services in the basement of their churches, but pride would not have it. The stalemate led to the building of churches to serve Italians and other new immigrant groups, not only in New York but other major cities in America’s mid and northeastern, major cities.'
"Between 1876 and 1930, most of the five million Italian immigrants came to the U.S. from southern Italy as #FarmLaborers and unskilled workers known as #cantadini. Most of the newly-arrived were confused and lost in America, but earlier immigrants assisted them by introducing the Italians to the padrone, a boss and middleman between the immigrants and the American employers. In 'When America Barred Italians,' Helene Stapinski wrote, 'So our desperate great- and great-great-grandparents came in droves from Italy spurred by the #Industrial #barons in need of #CheapLabor who welcomed them with open arms to America. Often dangerous jobs no one else wanted awaited them. Some, like my relatives, came here illegally, under false names or as stowaways. On one ship alone, 200 stowaways were found.'
[...] "'Lambroso branded the Southern Italians savages and rapists, blaming them for the crime that was on the rise in the United States.' The U.S. Immigration Commission concluded in the infamous Dillingham report, 'Certain kinds of criminality are inherent in the Italian race. In the popular mind, crimes of personal violence, robbery, blackmail and extortion are peculiar to the people of Italy.'
"The #ImmigrationAct of 1924 barred most Italians from coming into the country, causing immigration from Italy to fall 90 percent, even though the vast majority of those coming to America were good, honest-working people and not criminals. There was also growing anti-immigration sentiment that posited the idea that Italians and eastern Europeans were morally unfit to be Americans. Of course, the same argument was made of the Irish. Eventually, this attitude would result in a 1924 federal immigration law that blocked Italians and southern and eastern Europeans from coming to America.
"Italian immigrants were chasing after the 'American Dream' and the 'gold in the streets' they had heard so much of and hoped for when they were growing up and working on the farmlands and vineyards in sunny Italy. Like other immigrant groups, they had sons who honorably served their country in WWII. Hall of famers Rocky Marciano, Lawrence 'Yogi' Berra and Joe DiMaggio, all first-generation Italian Americans, served in the war. These men and many other Italian immigrants persevered through the prejudice and 'second-class' treatment and achieved the '#AmericanDream.'"
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Early #Italian #Immigrants Were #SecondClass Citizens
March 2020
by Al Bruno"The perilous journey to America in the late 1800s and the early 20th century was extremely difficult for Italian #immigrant families. Worn out and exhausted, most toting an old foot locker and a couple of bags, they hoped for an opportunity to economically improve their family situations in America. Most arrived in stages, following Papa who usually ventured across the Atlantic first to establish citizenship and secure full-time employment.
"'When the Italian began arriving in New York City in large around 1880, they faced fierce competition from the #Irish who resented their working for less money and longer hours. And although they shared the same Catholic faith, Italians were viewed as superstitious because of their devotion to saints, which was expressed in the staging of elaborate feasts,' writes Haydee Camacho in 'Reflections of Irish and Italian Immigration, Animosity, and Eventual Understanding.' 'Irish pastors tried to accommodate their growing Italian communities by offering these Italian immigrants services in the basement of their churches, but pride would not have it. The stalemate led to the building of churches to serve Italians and other new immigrant groups, not only in New York but other major cities in America’s mid and northeastern, major cities.'
"Between 1876 and 1930, most of the five million Italian immigrants came to the U.S. from southern Italy as #FarmLaborers and unskilled workers known as #cantadini. Most of the newly-arrived were confused and lost in America, but earlier immigrants assisted them by introducing the Italians to the padrone, a boss and middleman between the immigrants and the American employers. In 'When America Barred Italians,' Helene Stapinski wrote, 'So our desperate great- and great-great-grandparents came in droves from Italy spurred by the #Industrial #barons in need of #CheapLabor who welcomed them with open arms to America. Often dangerous jobs no one else wanted awaited them. Some, like my relatives, came here illegally, under false names or as stowaways. On one ship alone, 200 stowaways were found.'
[...] "'Lambroso branded the Southern Italians savages and rapists, blaming them for the crime that was on the rise in the United States.' The U.S. Immigration Commission concluded in the infamous Dillingham report, 'Certain kinds of criminality are inherent in the Italian race. In the popular mind, crimes of personal violence, robbery, blackmail and extortion are peculiar to the people of Italy.'
"The #ImmigrationAct of 1924 barred most Italians from coming into the country, causing immigration from Italy to fall 90 percent, even though the vast majority of those coming to America were good, honest-working people and not criminals. There was also growing anti-immigration sentiment that posited the idea that Italians and eastern Europeans were morally unfit to be Americans. Of course, the same argument was made of the Irish. Eventually, this attitude would result in a 1924 federal immigration law that blocked Italians and southern and eastern Europeans from coming to America.
"Italian immigrants were chasing after the 'American Dream' and the 'gold in the streets' they had heard so much of and hoped for when they were growing up and working on the farmlands and vineyards in sunny Italy. Like other immigrant groups, they had sons who honorably served their country in WWII. Hall of famers Rocky Marciano, Lawrence 'Yogi' Berra and Joe DiMaggio, all first-generation Italian Americans, served in the war. These men and many other Italian immigrants persevered through the prejudice and 'second-class' treatment and achieved the '#AmericanDream.'"
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Early #Italian #Immigrants Were #SecondClass Citizens
March 2020
by Al Bruno"The perilous journey to America in the late 1800s and the early 20th century was extremely difficult for Italian #immigrant families. Worn out and exhausted, most toting an old foot locker and a couple of bags, they hoped for an opportunity to economically improve their family situations in America. Most arrived in stages, following Papa who usually ventured across the Atlantic first to establish citizenship and secure full-time employment.
"'When the Italian began arriving in New York City in large around 1880, they faced fierce competition from the #Irish who resented their working for less money and longer hours. And although they shared the same Catholic faith, Italians were viewed as superstitious because of their devotion to saints, which was expressed in the staging of elaborate feasts,' writes Haydee Camacho in 'Reflections of Irish and Italian Immigration, Animosity, and Eventual Understanding.' 'Irish pastors tried to accommodate their growing Italian communities by offering these Italian immigrants services in the basement of their churches, but pride would not have it. The stalemate led to the building of churches to serve Italians and other new immigrant groups, not only in New York but other major cities in America’s mid and northeastern, major cities.'
"Between 1876 and 1930, most of the five million Italian immigrants came to the U.S. from southern Italy as #FarmLaborers and unskilled workers known as #cantadini. Most of the newly-arrived were confused and lost in America, but earlier immigrants assisted them by introducing the Italians to the padrone, a boss and middleman between the immigrants and the American employers. In 'When America Barred Italians,' Helene Stapinski wrote, 'So our desperate great- and great-great-grandparents came in droves from Italy spurred by the #Industrial #barons in need of #CheapLabor who welcomed them with open arms to America. Often dangerous jobs no one else wanted awaited them. Some, like my relatives, came here illegally, under false names or as stowaways. On one ship alone, 200 stowaways were found.'
[...] "'Lambroso branded the Southern Italians savages and rapists, blaming them for the crime that was on the rise in the United States.' The U.S. Immigration Commission concluded in the infamous Dillingham report, 'Certain kinds of criminality are inherent in the Italian race. In the popular mind, crimes of personal violence, robbery, blackmail and extortion are peculiar to the people of Italy.'
"The #ImmigrationAct of 1924 barred most Italians from coming into the country, causing immigration from Italy to fall 90 percent, even though the vast majority of those coming to America were good, honest-working people and not criminals. There was also growing anti-immigration sentiment that posited the idea that Italians and eastern Europeans were morally unfit to be Americans. Of course, the same argument was made of the Irish. Eventually, this attitude would result in a 1924 federal immigration law that blocked Italians and southern and eastern Europeans from coming to America.
"Italian immigrants were chasing after the 'American Dream' and the 'gold in the streets' they had heard so much of and hoped for when they were growing up and working on the farmlands and vineyards in sunny Italy. Like other immigrant groups, they had sons who honorably served their country in WWII. Hall of famers Rocky Marciano, Lawrence 'Yogi' Berra and Joe DiMaggio, all first-generation Italian Americans, served in the war. These men and many other Italian immigrants persevered through the prejudice and 'second-class' treatment and achieved the '#AmericanDream.'"
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Early #Italian #Immigrants Were #SecondClass Citizens
March 2020
by Al Bruno"The perilous journey to America in the late 1800s and the early 20th century was extremely difficult for Italian #immigrant families. Worn out and exhausted, most toting an old foot locker and a couple of bags, they hoped for an opportunity to economically improve their family situations in America. Most arrived in stages, following Papa who usually ventured across the Atlantic first to establish citizenship and secure full-time employment.
"'When the Italian began arriving in New York City in large around 1880, they faced fierce competition from the #Irish who resented their working for less money and longer hours. And although they shared the same Catholic faith, Italians were viewed as superstitious because of their devotion to saints, which was expressed in the staging of elaborate feasts,' writes Haydee Camacho in 'Reflections of Irish and Italian Immigration, Animosity, and Eventual Understanding.' 'Irish pastors tried to accommodate their growing Italian communities by offering these Italian immigrants services in the basement of their churches, but pride would not have it. The stalemate led to the building of churches to serve Italians and other new immigrant groups, not only in New York but other major cities in America’s mid and northeastern, major cities.'
"Between 1876 and 1930, most of the five million Italian immigrants came to the U.S. from southern Italy as #FarmLaborers and unskilled workers known as #cantadini. Most of the newly-arrived were confused and lost in America, but earlier immigrants assisted them by introducing the Italians to the padrone, a boss and middleman between the immigrants and the American employers. In 'When America Barred Italians,' Helene Stapinski wrote, 'So our desperate great- and great-great-grandparents came in droves from Italy spurred by the #Industrial #barons in need of #CheapLabor who welcomed them with open arms to America. Often dangerous jobs no one else wanted awaited them. Some, like my relatives, came here illegally, under false names or as stowaways. On one ship alone, 200 stowaways were found.'
[...] "'Lambroso branded the Southern Italians savages and rapists, blaming them for the crime that was on the rise in the United States.' The U.S. Immigration Commission concluded in the infamous Dillingham report, 'Certain kinds of criminality are inherent in the Italian race. In the popular mind, crimes of personal violence, robbery, blackmail and extortion are peculiar to the people of Italy.'
"The #ImmigrationAct of 1924 barred most Italians from coming into the country, causing immigration from Italy to fall 90 percent, even though the vast majority of those coming to America were good, honest-working people and not criminals. There was also growing anti-immigration sentiment that posited the idea that Italians and eastern Europeans were morally unfit to be Americans. Of course, the same argument was made of the Irish. Eventually, this attitude would result in a 1924 federal immigration law that blocked Italians and southern and eastern Europeans from coming to America.
"Italian immigrants were chasing after the 'American Dream' and the 'gold in the streets' they had heard so much of and hoped for when they were growing up and working on the farmlands and vineyards in sunny Italy. Like other immigrant groups, they had sons who honorably served their country in WWII. Hall of famers Rocky Marciano, Lawrence 'Yogi' Berra and Joe DiMaggio, all first-generation Italian Americans, served in the war. These men and many other Italian immigrants persevered through the prejudice and 'second-class' treatment and achieved the '#AmericanDream.'"
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#Alberta #antitrans #policy part of #farright #playbook, #critics say.
#Policies related to #transgender #youth are being used as a "#political #tactic" to "create #scapegoats, sow #division and #erode #trust in #public #institutions" like #schools, #critics say.
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#Fascist much, #DonTheCon? Must be reading his copy of #MeinKampf again. Britt commentary refers to "14 Characteristics of Fascism" by #LawrenceBritt.
10 alarming things #Trump has promised to do in a second term
by Judd Legum
and Rebecca Crosby
Dec 12, 20231. Trump says he will "abuse power" and be a "dictator" on "day one."
2. Trump says #ElectionFraud in 2020 gives him the power to "terminate" the Constitution
[Britt: "Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections."]3. Trump says he will issue "full pardons" to #January6 #insurrectionists
[Britt: "Rampant #Cronyism and #Corruption"]4. Trump says he will cut funding to schools that cover subjects he believes are "inappropriate"
[Britt: "Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts"]5. Trump says he will legally erase trans people and ban them from military service
[Britt: "The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to #abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation."]6. Trump says he will end birthright citizenship by executive order
[Britt: Identification of #Enemies / #Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause"]7. Trump says he will impose a new 10% tax on all imported goods
[Britt: "Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism"]8. Trump says he will investigate NBC and MSNBC for treason and potentially remove the company from public airwaves
[Britt: "Controlled #MassMedia"]9. Trump says he will demand anyone convicted of selling drugs get the death penalty
[Britt: "Obsession with #Crime and #Punishment"]10. Trump says he will order the arrest of all urban homeless and relocate them to federally-run tent cities
[Britt: "Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights"]Full article:
https://popular.info/p/10-alarming-things-trump-has-promised#CharacteristicsOfFascism #MAGA #Fascism #History #RabidRight #ChristoFascism #Project2025
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#Hozier #callsout #conservative #politicians for using the #LGBTQ+ #community as “#scapegoats”.
— Failed politicians and political parties should own up to their failure and not attempt to shift the blame on to others.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Music #Allies #Politics #Representation #Culture
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Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism
[Unattributed, but based on the writings of #UmbertoEco]
"#Historian #LawrenceBritt studied the fascist regimes of #Hitler (Germany), #Mussolini (Italy), #Franco (Spain), #Suharto (Indonesia), and #Pinochet (Chile) and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.
1. Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of #patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. #Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
2. Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of prisoners.3. Identification of #Enemies / #Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: #racial, #ethnic or #religious #minorities; #liberals; #communists; #socialists, #terrorists…4. Supremacy of the #Military
Even when there are widespread #domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.5. Rampant #Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to #abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation.6. Controlled #MassMedia
Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government #censorship and #secrecy especially in war time, are very common.7. Obsession with #NationalSecurity
Fear of hostile foreign powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.8. #Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.9. Protection of #Corporate Power
The #industrial and business #aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.10. Suppression of #Labor Power
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor #unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other #academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.12. Obsession with #Crime and #Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the #police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego #CivilLiberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.13. Rampant #Cronyism and #Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.14. #FraudulentElections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."
https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/
#History #Histodon #RabidRight #Antifa #Antifascism #FarRight #Trump #Putin #Russia #MAGA #Project2025 #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DetentionCenters #VoterDisenfranchisement #VoterIDLaws #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingDissent
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Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism
[Unattributed, but based on the writings of #UmbertoEco]
"#Historian #LawrenceBritt studied the fascist regimes of #Hitler (Germany), #Mussolini (Italy), #Franco (Spain), #Suharto (Indonesia), and #Pinochet (Chile) and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.
1. Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of #patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. #Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
2. Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of prisoners.3. Identification of #Enemies / #Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: #racial, #ethnic or #religious #minorities; #liberals; #communists; #socialists, #terrorists…4. Supremacy of the #Military
Even when there are widespread #domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.5. Rampant #Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to #abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation.6. Controlled #MassMedia
Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government #censorship and #secrecy especially in war time, are very common.7. Obsession with #NationalSecurity
Fear of hostile foreign powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.8. #Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.9. Protection of #Corporate Power
The #industrial and business #aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.10. Suppression of #Labor Power
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor #unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other #academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.12. Obsession with #Crime and #Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the #police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego #CivilLiberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.13. Rampant #Cronyism and #Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.14. #FraudulentElections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."
https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/
#History #Histodon #RabidRight #Antifa #Antifascism #FarRight #Trump #Putin #Russia #MAGA #Project2025 #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DetentionCenters #VoterDisenfranchisement #VoterIDLaws #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingDissent
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Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism
[Unattributed, but based on the writings of #UmbertoEco]
"#Historian #LawrenceBritt studied the fascist regimes of #Hitler (Germany), #Mussolini (Italy), #Franco (Spain), #Suharto (Indonesia), and #Pinochet (Chile) and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.
1. Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of #patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. #Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
2. Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of prisoners.3. Identification of #Enemies / #Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: #racial, #ethnic or #religious #minorities; #liberals; #communists; #socialists, #terrorists…4. Supremacy of the #Military
Even when there are widespread #domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.5. Rampant #Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to #abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation.6. Controlled #MassMedia
Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government #censorship and #secrecy especially in war time, are very common.7. Obsession with #NationalSecurity
Fear of hostile foreign powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.8. #Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.9. Protection of #Corporate Power
The #industrial and business #aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.10. Suppression of #Labor Power
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor #unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other #academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.12. Obsession with #Crime and #Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the #police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego #CivilLiberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.13. Rampant #Cronyism and #Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.14. #FraudulentElections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."
https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/
#History #Histodon #RabidRight #Antifa #Antifascism #FarRight #Trump #Putin #Russia #MAGA #Project2025 #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DetentionCenters #VoterDisenfranchisement #VoterIDLaws #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingDissent
