• enbyecho@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    Right so… “let’s do the thing the fascist threatens to do because we’re right and it’s justified” is not the same thing as the fascist saying “we’ll do it because we’re right and it’s justified”.

    Easy to justify the means when you believe in the ends… but of course every one thinks they are right and that everyone else will come to believe they are right, thusly conveniently avoiding any bad consequences.

    Do you have any idea what would have happened if Biden just arrested Trump?

    • Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      14 minutes ago

      Breaking the rules isn’t fascism though. Fascism is fascism.

      What do you think is a more ethical choice:

      a) uphold the law, knowing it will let fascist come to power and kill thousands

      a) break the law and stop him

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      Yeah, it might be just to arrest him, but America clearly doesn’t give a fuck. The fact of the matter is the people picked Trump this election, if nothing else arresting him will only galvanize his followers and legitimatize their own turn to fascism. There’s no good outcome in this scenario, we missed that opportunity on election night. It sucks but right now we’re the kid playing with fire; obviously we need to learn the hard way. We should’ve learned from the last trump presidency you say? Yeah, we really, really should’ve.