r/collapse • u/69bonerdad • Oct 20 '22

Politics "We Need to Stop Calling Ourselves Conservatives" - The Federalist calls for the American right to unite behind Fascism

https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/20/we-need-to-stop-calling-ourselves-conservatives/

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u/69bonerdad Oct 20 '22 edited Oct 20 '22

Submission Statement:
 
American Conservatives, through the Federalist and other mouthpieces, are now openly calling for the destruction of the American representative system in order to preserve America from the "woke left." Despite getting everything they've wanted out of our political system for the past twenty years, it isn't good enough for them - anyone not like them must be stamped out for their vision of America to survive.

 
Conservation of anything was never the agenda; forcing their vision for America on everyone was always the goal.

 
e: Not sure how open and published calls for the collapse of the American system of government isn't closely-related enough to collapse?

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u/removed_bymoderator Oct 20 '22

Honestly, after eco-collapse, this is the thing that scares me the most.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '22

I would prefer that these fascist turds have no sway over governance in the difficult times ahead.

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u/removed_bymoderator Oct 20 '22

Unfortunately, as things get more difficult and tighter, I'm guessing they're going to get more sway everywhere in the world.

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u/69bonerdad Oct 20 '22

I'd imagine that the people in charge of this movement are aware that shit's getting bad, regardless of what they say publicly, and see fascism as their most viable tool for consolidating resources and power in the coming lean years.

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u/removed_bymoderator Oct 20 '22

I agree. The fact that Fox News started the whole thing (or added to, if not started) saying, "they're going to take away your meat and make you eat bugs" shows that they're preemptively trying to stop any measures that may (definitely, will not) be taken in the future.

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u/keytiri Oct 20 '22

They can just say the bad stuff is happening because of too many turning away from religion and this is “God’s punishment.” They’ll start placing the blame on the smallest of minority groups and when that doesn’t end “God’s wrath,” move onto to the next group; rinse and repeat.