• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      54
      ·
      4 months ago

      More like 1922 in Italy tbh…

      All Nazis are fascists, but not all fascists are Nazis.

      For example, the Nazis were big on public works projects and pretending to be socialists, both of which are anathema to the American Fascist Party that the GOP has become.

      • minibyte@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        29
        ·
        edit-2
        4 months ago

        I found that fascinating and spent most of middle school doing my own reading and research on it. Although now I’m more terrified than fascinated.

      • Codex@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        13
        ·
        4 months ago

        I think you’d do better at this point to study how resistance movements within fascism form and survive because that’s about to be a lot more relevant.

    • _NoName_@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      24
      ·
      edit-2
      4 months ago

      I understand what you mean. The future is scarily uncertain right now.

      I encourage folks take that anxiety and turn it into productivity. Look into your local solidarity communities, which may take form as Union groups, local food shelfs, or many other forms. Donating your time or resources is what can help those most impacted right now and later down the line. There’s no cut and dry way to find them, you just have to look and ask around your community.

      I would also recommend beginning to prep. There’s some small communities on Lemmy, such as [email protected] ( you can find others by searching communities with ‘prep’ in their name). There’s also some great podcasts covering prepping such as LLTWID and It Can Happen Here(this one is more heavy on current news but provides prep info in some episodes.

      I would also say that keeping your ear on guntubers isn’t a bad idea (Brandon Herrera, Garand Thumb, etc.). Not only do they provide tutorials that are potentially useful in extreme cases (Garand Thumb’s urban and rural evasion tutorials and TRex Arm’s summary of radio comms for example), but they are also likely laying out the playbooks most amateur militia will use in the future (if it comes to that), which could be useful info to know going forward.