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A post shared by The Order Of the Good Death (@ordergooddeath) on Sep 21, 2020 at 12:17pm PDT

I can’t stop thinking about this video

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What’s DEAN got to do with it?

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Once covid isn't a threat anymore we should bring back throwing milkshakes at politicians

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Better times

nevver

Scenes from the Last Day on Planet Earth, Chris Maggio

just-a-positive-lesbian

Only gays can reblog this frog (scientifically proven)

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happy captain cook death day everyone!!

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ginazmemeoir

it’s the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century.

you can only reblog this today.

sherlockisactuallyagaysname

I have been told this in three whatsapp forwards

ginazmemeoir

where do you think i got it from? my own brain realising the weird coincidence? pfft

determinate-negation

i really want to emphasize that if anything, this is the beginning of a fascist movement in the united states and not the end of one. people often look at what fascists did once in state power in order to define what fascism is. this a flawed approach and ignores the characteristics of the fascist movements in their infancy, which is far more analogous to our current situation. both the italian fascist party and nazi party were formed in opposition to liberal democracy and parliamentarian politics. they were necessarily against the existing state and drew a great deal of support from this, because people were frustrated with capitalist liberal democracy and felt that it was inert, corrupt, and ineffective. once in power both italian fascists and nazis never actually destroyed the capitalist state and instead molded it to their own interests while working with capitalists, but the opposition to traditional politics and establishment politicians is a key aspect of the early ideology of fascist movements.

determinate-negation

some people in the notes are mad that i didnt mention white supremacy. white supremacy is inextricable from fascism- but this is a post not a dissertation, and its a post about only one characteristic of fascism which is frequently overlooked and should be paid attention to because its happening in front of our eyes. this is a serious development in american right-wing thought that mirrors the historical development of european fascism even before they had totally consolidated their racial politics. look at what right wingers are saying. this is an actual shift from general reactionary and white nationalist politics to fascist politics

theres a lot of talk about forming a new party– again, a significant development that points to a more organized and pointed fascist movement. the nazi party was a new party formed against the other political parties of the weimar republic. of course the republican party is racist (so were the 20th german conservatives) but theyre still bound by general rules of political respectability and at the end of the day, their interests are the interests of the state and they dont want radical right-wing change that would destabilize the state. just look at the reactions from republican politicians about DC right now. a new party would be able to be as openly white supremacist as theyd like, and while im sure theyd be just as supportive of capitalism as the GOP, they would not have to conform to the usual trappings of american politics

some people also took issue with me saying that this is the beginning. i say this for specific reasons about the history of fascism and not to diminish the right wingers that already exist or the history of american racial and colonial violence. the united states is a reactionary country founded on violence, but fascism did not exist until the 20th century and i dont think the united states should be retroactively categorized as fascist. however, there is a cyclical relation between the violence committed under liberal democracies and the violence enacted by fascists. american colonialism, slavery, and imperialism influences american right wing movements today in the same way that italian and german colonialism influenced italian and german fascism. and in the same way, i would not characterize german colonialism as fascism, even though they used the same tactics in their colonies as they did in concentration camps. (the first german concentration camps were actually in africa, not europe) i mean that this is the beginning because it demonstrates specific ideological characteristics of fascism that were not as prevalent before. this is the eruption of a growing american fascist (or whatever youd like to call it because maybe fascism isnt the exactly right term for the united states) consciousness, much greater than small groups of disorganized reactionaries and racists

plum-soup

While I don’t disagree with your overall point, “both the italian fascist party and nazi party were formed in opposition to liberal democracy and parliamentarian politics.” - this is untrue. Both parties were initially formed to participate in - and really gained power, recruits, and respect from - the ongoing brutal repression of European leftist movements who grew in size and boldness extremely rapidly in the wake of WWI, the Russian Revolution, and the post-war economic recessions. Mussolini was essentially invited into power because the elites of Italy were terrified of an impending communist revolution. Similarly, the Freikorps, who directly preceeded the Nazis in both ideology and membership (several became prominent nazis) came to prominence due to their role in supressing the Spartacist Revolution in 1919. And the perfunctory excuse given for Hitler’s ascension to Chancellor was the Reichstag being burned down by a supposed communist. Essentially, what I’m saying here is that liberal democracy actively cultivates fascism as a bulwark against leftist revolution. It’s true that fascists recruit using the failures of neoliberalism as propaganda material, but it’s even more true that at the end of the day, the main purpose fascists served was to be a bulwark against the feared hypothetical communist revolution

determinate-negation

nah youre totally right about that. i do think that the anti-parliamentarian politics of the early fascist movement are significant though because it shows a specific early point in fascism, even though they changed their shit soon after. idk as much about the german side of it but i know in italy being opposed to liberal democracy was a big part of their ideology, and it was strategically effective because everyone hated the italian parliament and the economic crisis. but i 100% agree with you about liberal democracy and fascism. i feel like we’re going to see that part soon after 4 years of a shitty neoliberal biden presidency and increasing anticommunism

sleepingpigeon

no one wants to hear it but love is earned after the initial infatuation. commitment is something u both mutually agree to and then from there it’s work. it’s not work like it’s a chore it’s jus work like it takes effort. to get good at these things takes practice. it takes practice to learn to communicate better and it takes practice to learn to love each other in the ways u need to be loved.

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And it’s also terrifying! Like it’s the kind of vulnerability you can’t do while being all cool and in control of things, you have to like open up the really awkward, ugly inner part of yourself and hope that the other person is still into you.

Like you have to actually say - with words coming out of your mouth or hands or whatever way you use to directly communicate in person - what you would like from the other person! You have to say stuff like “hey the thing you did made me feel some ways and we have to address this like adults” and hope that the other person says “I see, yes I also think we should address this like adults” (instead of “no I didn’t” or “you’re overreacting” or other shut-down-ing shit that ruins lives).