Most recent ex-president arrested for fourth time: What the hell country is this? ( www.salon.com )

SubArcticTundra , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

Seems like the US is going through its phase of fascism. It’s not a mistake that the US has much domestic experience with* (unlike most of Europe) so looks like the lesson sadly hasn’t gotten through to a sizable part of the population yet

*I am ignoring a lot of shady 20th century stuff here, but I mean like full on Mussolini fascism

DarkDarkHouse , 10 months ago

It would be nice if it were one and done, but what’s happening in Italy again is concerning.

SubArcticTundra , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

That’s a fair point. I haven’t been watching it closely, but hopefully it’ll pass eventually. Because the populist waves have already passed in a ton of countries, like the UK (soon to come) Poland (again probably soon) Slovenia (already passed), Czechia, Spain(?) or even Brazil. Hopefully it doesn’t get stuck like it did in Hungary.