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usonian

(19,999 posts)
Tue Aug 5, 2025, 09:47 PM Aug 5

The fascists have a playbook. Do we?

The fascist playbook has been acted out for years.
Here are some explanations.

10 Small Steps: Executing the Fascist Playbook
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/10-small-steps-executing-the-fascist-playbook_b_585dfec2e4b04d7df167cfab

The Fascists’ Playbook
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/08/the-fascists-playbook/


The latest version of this is the constant chaos, quite deliberate. Plan expanded here.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220295160

The shit is hitting the fan right now, as wildly unconstitutional acts are being pulled.
Either the courts send in marshalls, or we shut it down. (my opinion)
Why?
Things have already gone too far for business as usual.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220489632

We have secret police.
We have concentration camps.

He will keep pushing until someone pushes back.
He's creating a crisis hoping for violence. He knows only thuggery, hate, mob violence, blackmail and threats.
He doesn't know the power of concerted moral indignation and fortitude.
Where is the FORCE OF NATURE to crash his ride?

We, the people?
Legislators?
Unions?
Young people?
Victims of his pedo-pals?

There's not a minute to waste.



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usonian

(19,999 posts)
2. That aligns with my values, but there is no bright future if democracy is crushed next month, next week, or even today.,
Tue Aug 5, 2025, 11:08 PM
Aug 5

We are here now.



I've lived through wars, Nixon, Reagan, the Bush twins, the works.
Hitler was not stopped and it took years and millions of lives, to drive him to his bunker.
The longer this persists, the stronger fascism grows.

Peaceful, and united action.
Right Now.

Or there is no tomorrow.
Hitler didn't have an atomic bomb. The orange lunatic has lots of them, infinite ego and zero self-control.

myohmy2

(3,651 posts)
3. we...
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 10:06 PM
Aug 11

...need to rid ourselves of the image "Dems is the Party of/for Minorities" and the Pukes is the Party of the Majority...

...and even if you're a Minority and don't want to be a Minority, you are welcome to join the Puke Majority Party as long as you be still...

...The Pukes can play the racists, sexist, anti-gay, anti-immigrant, etc. card because they're more monolithic...if we did that we'd be at each others throat...

...we have to center around something all our groups can agree upon, 'Class Warfare'...

...we've all been getting fucked royally by trump, the wealthy, corporations, The Puke Party for decades as they've line their pockets and destroyed the country...who can deny this...?

...most of us will agree, it's now time for 'corrective measures' as we must shrink the power and influence of the wealthy...it's time to take our fair share of the economy again and regain control over our political system...

...we can't do that if we, our leaders and the Party are in the pocket of corporations and big-money...we must find a way to fund our Party and candidates ourselves...

...FDR and The New Deal should be our blueprint...FDR's 'Class Warfare' can be modernized for today by the many thousand of Progressive creative people that make up our great Party...

...it can be done, it must be done...

...hang in there...

usonian

(19,999 posts)
4. Bernie has gotten spectacular response on economic issues
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 10:59 PM
Aug 11

caused by oligarchy.

The racism is a smokescreen.




This from Bernie on oligarchy. A GREAT message.

People attending rallies in huge numbers are saying
YES to raising the minimum wage,
YES to expanding Social Security,
YES to guaranteeing health care as a human right,
YES to cutting the cost of prescription drugs,
YES to paid family and medical leave,
YES to equal pay for equal work,
YES to more affordable housing,
YES to making childcare and higher education affordable to all,
YES to taking on the existential threat of climate change.

And most importantly they are saying
YES to a government and an economy that works for all of us and not just the billionaire class and the Oligarchs.

myohmy2

(3,651 posts)
5. absolutely...
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 01:11 AM
Aug 13

...this is the direction we should go...

...what we've been selling the people haven't been buying in the numbers they should...

...we need a better political product with better answers for people's problems...people need to see workable solutions with guaranteed implementation...they need to see a bright future...

...instead we're in this political quagmire created by and benefiting only the Pukes and fascists...think of what happened, we couldn't even beat trump and the fascists at the polls which should been an easy slam dunk...what does that say about the political product we've been selling...?

...instead of wringing our hands and lamenting the past we should be reaching for the bright Progressive future in front of us...if I remember correctly, we were and are the Party of Progressives...

...there are patriots everywhere that believe in our democracy and Constitution as it was written and are willing to defend it...the Pukes and fascists can't destroy 250 years of history that quickly without a massive reaction...now more than ever, we need strong patriotic leaders in all corners of our country willing to lead the way...

... the Pukes and fascists may try to destroy our democracy and Constitution but I'm convinced patriotic people of all stripes won't let them...

...

usonian

(19,999 posts)
6. Our beautiful message of equal opportunity and acceptance is stomped by racist and misogynistic vile.
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 02:26 AM
Aug 13

Like so.



Anerica was born in racism and misogyny. I don't say to neglect it social issues, but to push the economic "THIS HURTS" issues that are covered up by the oligarchs by the hate, ever since Lee Atwater's "Southern Strategy" of racism.

Bernie and AOC draw the crowds with economic issues, the root causes, and cover a complete platform in the speeches. Lead with the most effective punch.

Another great graphic.

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