this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2025
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With what is going on the world right now, why is this at the top of their minds?
Because they're being forced towards the uncomfortable realisation that either;
A) Mask-off fascism is increasing in power and on the march, but it actually aligns with their material interests and they hate it less than they thought they would, so they're embracing the cryptofash sleight of hand.
B) Mask-off fascism is increasing in power and on the march, but they've realised that when the rubber hits the road they're fucking cowards and would rather keep their heads down. But that makes them feel small so they'll go after an easier enemy they can claim is equally sinister and authoritarian: a few hundred open online communists with zero power.
It's rather maddening being that for 4 years leftists were like "why are you respecting these norms, fucking do something, anything". Meanwhile liberals were busy insisting that the norms couldn't possibly be bypassed until it was time to blame people for not voting for Kamala.
At this rate if people ever elect Democrats again they're just going to re-create every obstacle for themselves which Trump just knocked down.
The total number of anticommunists is getting smaller, so the real die-hards are getting louder. Typical reactionary behavior, you can see that "tankiejerk" is just one user and a handful of stragglers coming by, almost identical to MeanwhileOnGrad.