[Herring]

You’d still be having fascism here even if the internet didn’t exist. The most reliable way to prevent the rise of the far right is to implement robust safety nets and low inequality, to reduce status anxiety and grievance. Support for such measures (welfare, healthcare, unionization, high taxes etc) is usually low among Americans. Eventually rents/healthcare/tuitions outpace income, so people become desperate and start voting for strongmen.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/10/welfare-cuts...

[christkv]

How do you prevent the rise of the far left? Just asking because both axis are as much a threat to human freedom and happiness.

[topaz0]

The post is not about preventing the rise of fascism, it's about not preemptively building tools for them to use in implementing fascism.

[Herring]

Yeah sorry I'm not a fan of rearranging deck chairs on the titanic.