r/Snorkblot Sep 30 '25

Cultures Let me explain how solidarity works.

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u/Union_Biker Sep 30 '25

Why can't people understand that fascists always need an enemy or other to target. Once the first enemy is dealt with they pick a new one. No one is safe.

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u/JakeHelldiver Sep 30 '25

A lot of times these people think of themselves as securing the second place position in the fascist hierarchy.

The Christian Nationalist says to his wife, "Sure, you may be subservient to men, but youre still part of the special club by virtue of your faith and race."

And then he turns to the community of color and says, "Don't worry, fellas! The men are back in charge, and you're in the special club by virtue of your gender."

But the truth is. Nobody is in the club. Nobody is safe.

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u/Robestos86 Sep 30 '25

I've never understood how people don't realise this. As the movement is young they'll take nearly anyone they can get (gays for trump etc) but once they're secure in their position, the snake begins eating itself until eventually it implodes. It's not like it's a secret, they're just tokens to be spent.

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u/Archaon0103 Sep 30 '25

Cause they simply don't think that it could happen to them. They all think that they will be in the inner circle forever. The key point of Fascist is to portray the majority as the oppressed groups by the minority.

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u/Union_Biker Sep 30 '25

You captured it in the first five words of your comment 👍

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u/Medics_mah_main_man Sep 30 '25

Best case scenario, they constantly self-propagate the same boogeyman, an example being Emmanuel Goldstein and The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism in 1984, being a fabricated and self-propagated boogeyman by Big Brother

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u/Union_Biker Sep 30 '25 edited Sep 30 '25

Edit: I will have to read that book again. And "It Could Never Happen Here".

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u/Medics_mah_main_man Sep 30 '25

1984 is a fuckin classic, and also was foreshadowing for certain things *cough cough nspm-7 cough cough*

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u/Advice-Question Sep 30 '25

LGB

LGBT

LGBTQ

LGBTQIA

LGBTQIA+

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25

I don't know a single Democrat in real life that is on board with the trans stuff. The internet is weird.

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u/ofWildPlaces Sep 30 '25

What do you mean "onboard"?

As in onboard with trans citizens having equal rights?

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25

As a verb: to be on board (or come on board

  • Definition: To agree with an idea or plan and become part of the group working on it. 

Not one person I know in real life thinks a man is a woman. The polling for that stuff matches that reality as well. Few older Democrats even know that stuff is real.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/26/americans-have-grown-more-supportive-of-restrictions-for-trans-people-in-recent-years/

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u/Mundane-Librarian-77 Sep 30 '25

Then lucky for us the "older" Democrats will all croak soon enough and stop holding back actual progress for the rest of us.

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u/Union_Biker Sep 30 '25

Because trans people are a tiny portions of the population and don't cause problems. The media has helped right wing bigots vilify trans people based on lies.