tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post6116495537782100306..comments2024-03-28T21:31:33.544-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Fascists of a Feather Flock TogetherComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-71746991092102599132019-05-14T02:07:47.464-04:002019-05-14T02:07:47.464-04:00Hungary and Poland are both warnings for us, in th... Hungary and Poland are both warnings for us, in that they are both still nominally democracies, but practically authoritarian states. <br /> If we want a different outcome here, we need to take it seriously enough to deliberately avoid letting what happened to them happen to us, and make no mistake, we're already moving in that direction.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-28010926925890703982019-05-13T20:28:55.876-04:002019-05-13T20:28:55.876-04:00Anti-Semitism is the Socialism of fools.Anti-Semitism is the Socialism of fools.Dark Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220642215040873632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-16575888397676794932019-05-13T20:05:16.899-04:002019-05-13T20:05:16.899-04:00“Les fausses opinions ressemblent à la fausse monn...“Les fausses opinions ressemblent à la fausse monnaie qui est frappée d'abord par de grands coupables et dépensée ensuite par d'honnêtes gens qui perpétuent le crime sans savoir ce qu'ils font.”<br /><br />“False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing.”<br /><br />———————<br /><br />“Toute nation a le gouvernement qu'elle mérite.”<br /><br />“Every nation gets the government it deserves.”<br /><br />———————<br /><br />Both by Joseph de Maistre. Given that roughly 35-45% of the U.S. population back Donnie at any given time, and sometimes over 50%, I would say he wasn’t far wrong. Then we have H.L. Mencken:<br /><br />“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”<br />CenterPuke88https://www.blogger.com/profile/17770056621255249861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-34577239955782045332019-05-13T19:56:14.795-04:002019-05-13T19:56:14.795-04:00Pretty much, I fear. Orban's "illiberal ...Pretty much, I fear. Orban's "illiberal democracy" is just another term for an authoritarian/fascist state.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-70993357193552378342019-05-13T19:27:16.111-04:002019-05-13T19:27:16.111-04:00We're boned.We're boned.Steve Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16526387854578731122noreply@blogger.com