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Charlie Kirk was a divisive far-right podcaster. Why is he being rebranded as a national hero?
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because white supremacist Christian nationalism is being ushered in via far-right populist rhetoric. fascism is utilizing the angry and bigoted, the angry and misguided, and the angry and fearful.
Might I add the angry and uneducated.
And the "resistance" is doing fuck all
it does feel that way. i hope i'm merely unaware of something that is being orchestrated.
Nothing is being orchestrated. The "left" is sitting comfortably at home, posting on Lemmy and Reddit about how upset they are, then planning their weekend activities.
How would you know?
This is deffo what it feels like but that’s because no plan worth its shit is gonna get talked about anywhere on the internet. It’s gonna happen between people irl in the backs of coffee shops and shit.
The revolution will not be televised. It won't be on the Internet either.
Not least of all because it doesn’t exist
Well, partly true. For example, this week I spent planning a weekend range trip for myself, and several comrades. There will be a stop the bleed class hosted at the beginning of it, before pew pews start.
Next weekend, planning a comrade and camping trip, where we will get to practice things like unit movement tactics (For hunting, of course!), living communally, and prepping a parcel of land for the possible need to house several dozens of people for an extended period.
i understand your confidence in your pessimism here but i'm holding out hope, i guess. a form of self-defense on my part, perhaps lol.
Nailed it!