Does it feel like most Americans are ignoring the insane rise of fascism?

[moniss]

35. I agree completely and

I will add to that another chilling scenario. There is a huge portion of the current younger population that has no concept of the reality of how things really were for people in the '50's and '60's. I have spoken to many people in their 20's who really express disbelief about lynchings, segregation, Vietnam, censorship restrictions on subject matter on TV, Chicago 1968, super restrictive rules in high schools, severe prison penalties for simple possession of pot and the list goes on.

It is similar to the desire of the fascists in the US political environment to restrict teaching/access to knowledge about the history of slavery, racism etc. But of course the media is generally too stupid/complicit to point out to people that this is being done for the same reason as Holocaust denialism. Nobody in the media, and largely in government so far, is willing to state what we know to be the obvious. The same fascists responsible for the current atmosphere of book banning will aggressively go after books/teaching about the Holocaust.

So we already have a very large portion of the country primed to disbelieve the horrors of social injustice, oppression etc. The redefinition of people as "other" is already well underway as we see in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights. Notice that several politicians have recently spoken about "containing" that segment of our society or even "eliminating" them. The dehumanizing of them is cheered on by the likes of Tucker Carlson calling them the "enemy" of Christians.

Yes the world has been here before. Like you I see it coming around again. Orchestrated and happening. Just like before.