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

[moniss]

44. I was just reading

an article awhile ago that talked about punishment of slaves in the South. Among other things they pointed out that a great percentage of the punishment was done in order to enforce a doctrine of deference to the system. Sometimes they would just impose a punishment to set an example despite the person having done nothing. Slaves were supposed to "know their place" and were not to be seen or heard to be complaining otherwise you got punished, whipped etc. It was the old "lower your eyes as you pass me" sort of thing. I bring that article up in the context here because that is the overarching concept of "fitting in" etc. That's why, for example, we see still to this day that a white person can back talk cops without violent reprisal far more often than someone who "doesn't fit" so to speak. You make a very good point.