sidereal@sidereal@kolektiva.social
The rise of fascism in the USA has been primarily enabled by multiple generations of neo-nazi organizers infiltrating police departments all across the country.
This, combined with the extralegal powers granted to police by the court system essentially delivered liberal democratic society to the fascists on a platter.
The voting shit just doesn't matter that much if the police & courts are compromised at the highest levels.
sidereal@sidereal@kolektiva.social
Like, one reason we don't see more progressive candidates at the local level, especially in smaller towns... is the ones who do stand for elections get a lot of realistic death threats from heavily-armed fascists.
These candidates get essentially zero support from the Democratic Party or local law enforcement. So, many of them drop out, because of the credible death threats. What would you do?
Do those folks have freedom of speech?
