That's a great analogy. I agree. However, I was not being critical of the use of the term in the way Thom used it. It is important to note that fascism moves and grows incrementally and with abuses and deprivations which feel tolerable or which only harm certain people, with formal justifications and legal processes which cannot be oppos…
That's a great analogy. I agree. However, I was not being critical of the use of the term in the way Thom used it. It is important to note that fascism moves and grows incrementally and with abuses and deprivations which feel tolerable or which only harm certain people, with formal justifications and legal processes which cannot be opposed effectively. It is soft in that the methods are in many cases not seen as cruel and unusual to the uncritical eye and the harms may not be as extreme or broad-based in the early stages. Either way, failing to stop it early enough ends in the real thing, leading ultimately to immense suffering and death. I think we need to detail the ways it is affecting us now at this stage, so that we are conscious of what we are dealing with and what is coming soon if we don't stop it.
That's a great analogy. I agree. However, I was not being critical of the use of the term in the way Thom used it. It is important to note that fascism moves and grows incrementally and with abuses and deprivations which feel tolerable or which only harm certain people, with formal justifications and legal processes which cannot be opposed effectively. It is soft in that the methods are in many cases not seen as cruel and unusual to the uncritical eye and the harms may not be as extreme or broad-based in the early stages. Either way, failing to stop it early enough ends in the real thing, leading ultimately to immense suffering and death. I think we need to detail the ways it is affecting us now at this stage, so that we are conscious of what we are dealing with and what is coming soon if we don't stop it.