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		freen on Dec 30, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Idiocracy: A disturbingly prophetic look at the fu... Ahh, yes. Ascendant fascism. Soooo boring.

gunfighthacksaw on Dec 30, 2021 [–]

Oh stop it with the pearl clutching; fascism has been ascendant in the US since 1945, le orange man (bad) is just the latest stop on the train ride from Joe McCarthy.

freen on Jan 3, 2022 | [–]

Did you forget about the violent coup attempt on January 6th?

It was just about as competent and deadly as the Beer Hall Putsch.

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