For years now I've been able to laugh off my grandparents, FOX News and brainwashed Republicans in general.

But my roommate's interaction with her parents changed things for me.

Her parents told her that they were scared. They were scared because something serious was underway in America, that a revolution was happening that threatened to destroy the entire country and that it was serious. They told her that Marxists were on the brink of pulling Biden to the Left, and that they were legitimately danger.

I usually laugh this off, but something struck me: they weren't angry, or grumpy, or bone-headed, like I usually imagine Republicans. They were legitimately afraid, and perceived themselves to truly be descending into a national emergency, one that FOX News has completely manufactured.

I used to laugh off people that said FOX is paving the way to Fascism, or Drumpf = Hitler. But I've come to comprehend that fear, not anger, was the driving motivator in Nazi Germany, and now understand that FOX is pumping sheer terror into the American public at levels only possible in modern society.

I don't really think FOX is a laughing matter anymore, because I begin to understand how an American public this afraid could condone Nazi Germany level atrocities under the impression that they were saving themselves.

  • PunchesWithUps [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    There's some irony in this. They're winning. They control the presidency and the Senate. Even if they didn't, the Dems would warm the seats for them until the next round. Biden will never get a second term! Who else mounts a good presidential campaign next round? Buttchug? The guy whose platform is playing nice with them? America distills terror and takes it abroad. Children in Syria, Afghanistan, Iran, NK, China, the entire South American continent are (likely but not unanimously) terrified of boots on the ground and coup attempts. The entire African continent is subjugated by American business interests.

    Bernie Sanders wanted to SAVE THEM MONEY ON HEALTHCARE. There were probably like 13 or 14 insurance execs actually drinking the Kool aid. The rest were probably playing golf with petrified migrant eyeballs or something equally grotesque. He wanted to stop wars and preserve what's left of the environment. He was a sweet old man running for the highest office - hardly the cold-hearted revolutionary that Mao and Lenin embodied (sigh).

    Sure, the libs are detestable TO US they're fighting for the same team as Fox News. The people who are in power have a faux opposition, they're subjugating foreigners on a scale that would make Ceaser blush, and they're still legitimately terrified.

    EDIT: Even the fucking impeachment was a defanged charade designed to fail. What the fuck?!

    • s_p_l_o_d_e [they/them,he/him]
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      4 years ago

      That is pretty much how they're winning too, pump up the fear on one side to such a degree that even the most tepid of ideas on the other are viewed as demonic and evil.

      That way the only way for the "opposition" to be taken seriously is to conform to the standards set by the ruling class but pretend that it's enough for people who buy into facade of opposition.

      It perfectly alienates an actual left, makes us look like conspiracy theorists when we say that they all largely think and act alike and hence collectively oppress people by default.