The political point began with “If you beat us at the ballot box, we will come for you with guns and rifles and bombs, right in the heart of your democracy.” But it didn’t end there. It said, also: “We will profane your democracy’s most sacred and historic symbols. Because we don’t believe in them. We don’t believe that everyone deserves to share in them. All the power in this society is either ours, or it will be no one’s.” Umair Haque
So it seems that the only way to save our democracy is to get rid of all those who support Trump and his followers. This is the first step -- put them in prison. Of course it won't stop other fascists - the price of freedom is eternal vigilance and it won't stop the fascists after they have served their term or escaped prison.
The endless return of finding solutions to the problem that is violence, our violence, but there is no return from fascism according Haque.
Dear reader - we all have different tasks in this endless war - but the first and last is to pay attention to what is happening from the national to the local.
What feeds the heart and mind that seeks authoritarian solutions? What feeds the fear that keeps us from engaging prior to the hatred?
What makes the drive to win at all costs? How much do we, can we, understand about ourselves?
Where do we begin?
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