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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/36033796

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

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[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 46 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That's one of the few silver linings of fascism, it always ends. It's inherently unstable.

[–] IzzyJ@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

But it'll kill me first so I'd really prefer to just stop it now by any means necessary, including the things I'm not allowed to say

[–] TheFinn@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's never had modern resources before

[–] Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Neither did the people fighting fascism.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Unfortunately there's not really a good historical example of fascism being stopped once they have the power of the pulpit without the help of foreign intervention.

[–] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've heard that before but I only have an american public education. If I actually looked for historical examples, I wonder what I would find?

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago

I mean, it's a bit difficult to look for historical examples of something not happening. However the opposite is fairly easy, off the top of my head the most well known examples of fascist governments being brought down are the Nazi, Vichy France, imperial Japan, and Mussolini's Italy.

[–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The entirety of ww2, Spain transitioned out of fascism relatively peacefully too

[–] hilljack26301@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

Stroessner in Paraguay

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Good news is that there’s Putin, who fight in the Ukraine against their fascist regime, I’m sure he would love to annex US too. /s

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago

Sad that the /s is absolutely required now a days .

[–] Grandslamdalf@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Nuclear weapons have the same silver lining! What a coincidence!