I have always known that it doesn’t take a majority of pro-right-wing fascists to win the fight against the side of society which wants civilization. The one side has all the thugs and psychopaths, the blood-lust and love of violence, as well as the willingness to get their way by any means, fair or foul. The rest of us have a tendency f…
I have always known that it doesn’t take a majority of pro-right-wing fascists to win the fight against the side of society which wants civilization. The one side has all the thugs and psychopaths, the blood-lust and love of violence, as well as the willingness to get their way by any means, fair or foul. The rest of us have a tendency for greater compassion for human empathy and a sense of fairness. Obviously, it will take more of us with humanity in our souls to win a fight against the bullies. In normal times, most democracies absorb up to 10% of these nuts into society with no major problems. But what is the percentage of the population that the thugs require before they have enough to overturn society? I have always used as my marker on this to be the 37% who voted for the Nazi party in the last free election in the early ‘30s that Germany had before Hitler grabbed complete control. I am interested that JVL estimates the percentage of Americans who presently want the authoritarian fascism offered by Trump to be 35%. Hmmm…
"The one side has all the thugs and psychopaths, the blood-lust and love of violence, as well as the willingness to get their way by any means, fair or foul. The rest of us have a tendency for greater compassion for human empathy and a sense of fairness." Insert wailing tears emoji........
I have always known that it doesn’t take a majority of pro-right-wing fascists to win the fight against the side of society which wants civilization. The one side has all the thugs and psychopaths, the blood-lust and love of violence, as well as the willingness to get their way by any means, fair or foul. The rest of us have a tendency for greater compassion for human empathy and a sense of fairness. Obviously, it will take more of us with humanity in our souls to win a fight against the bullies. In normal times, most democracies absorb up to 10% of these nuts into society with no major problems. But what is the percentage of the population that the thugs require before they have enough to overturn society? I have always used as my marker on this to be the 37% who voted for the Nazi party in the last free election in the early ‘30s that Germany had before Hitler grabbed complete control. I am interested that JVL estimates the percentage of Americans who presently want the authoritarian fascism offered by Trump to be 35%. Hmmm…
"The one side has all the thugs and psychopaths, the blood-lust and love of violence, as well as the willingness to get their way by any means, fair or foul. The rest of us have a tendency for greater compassion for human empathy and a sense of fairness." Insert wailing tears emoji........