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Looking at America spiraling down into racisme, hate, etc... as a non-american is like reading a Lovecraftian tale: starring into the abyss of contempt, chaos, and bigotry… it also makes me sad. (beehaw.org)

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

And it's happening in a lot of other countries - here in the UK the political culture is more right-wing than any time since at least the Second World War (and that's saying something).

It's Late Stage Capitalism: in order to continue business as usual in the face of all reason and evidence of its devastating effects, capitalists look to authoritarianism and fascism to ensure capitalism's continuation.