Hey Americans please educate yourself about “Gleichschaltung der Presse” - it happened in 1930s Germany, too.
This is fascism in action.
EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichschaltung wikipedia entry on the topic
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it happened in 1930s Germany, too.
I really wish Americans had more than one data-point for fascism. Preferably something more recent than a century ago.
Apartheid South Africa. Pinochet's Chile. Hinduvista India. You can even flog the Russians again. But please. I'm begging you. Read literally any other history book. Fascism is not simply When Hitler Happens.
You're so optimistic! I wish my fellow Americans actually had even one data point. America invented most of the techniques of oppression and tyranny that we exported abroad and renamed fascism. But Foucault and his boomerang have always been correct, it's just colonialism brought home to recolonize the imperial core.
Americans haven't read a single history book if they can help it, and proudly so, while the only progress made on oppression has been finding new and ever more complex ways to dissipate and disguise it.
American invented most of the techniques of oppression and tyranny that we exported abroad
So easy to forget that The International Jew was distributed by Ford Motor Company.
Americans haven’t read a single history book if they can help it
We've got stacks on stacks of history books. Airports and coffee shops are full of them. But when you're getting your histories from Sean Hannity and Anne Coulter, of course you're going to view the world through a kaleidoscope of fascist hysteria.
They have, but largely revised history.
Apartheid South Africa and Pinochet's Chile are different methods of oppression, though. South Africa was a post colonial state which declared independence to maintain local laws. Chile was a socialist government overthrown by the military.
I can see using fascist Italy and post Soviet Russia as examples, though.
South Africa and Chile didn't have the capacity to wage war on all major powers. Germany is the closest case study to what is happening in the US
South Africa, under apartheid, was pivotal in waging war across the Sub-Sahara. You just don't read about African politics in schools, so you're fully unaware of the Boer Wars or SA's support for Israel following the Nakba or Angola and the various associated border wars going on from the mid 60s to early 90s. Nevermind the Congo Wars, which were fueled by fleeing Afrikaner mercenary units.
Similarly, Chile was a front in the Latin American theater of the Cold War. Pinochet was pivotal during the US involvement in Honduras and Columbia via Operation Condor.
Plus, Apartheid South Africa had a nuclear program. Nothing is official, but they likely conducted one successful test. Very good chance they had capable nuclear weapons at one point.
Funding guerilla campaigns in the aftermath of imperial collapse of Africa is miles different than waging war against the 4 largest economies in the world like Germany did.
"Hey, we're just driving technicals into Nambia. Its not like we're driving tanks into France or Russia, where the important people live."
:-/
The Second Congo War killed 5.4M people over four years. That's half again as many deaths Japan suffered during WW2. It was a bit more than a guerrilla campaign.
I understand the Congo War has been the most deadly ongoing conflict since WW2. But the Apartheid regime was far from the only outside player in the war
Especially cause some americans seem to idolize hitler these days, comparing our actions to hitler could speed up the collapse as some republicans want to be like hitler.
This is business in action. (which, in many instances is the same thing)
:(
Like Hollywood movies', it's a remake of those pre 2nd ww years when fascism and nazism were on the rise. Historians and we can observe first hand how it unfolds transition from democracy.
The quality of search engines has dramatically declined (or my skills using said search engines 🤷♂️). Everything is coming up German. Would you provide more details about what this is so that I can find resources?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichschaltung
I will edit my original post too, apparently there is no fitting translation in English (yet). You’ll probably have a word for it in 20 years then after this period finally comes to an end.
apparently there is no fitting translation in English (yet)
I posit it will be referred to as Project 2025, because at first glance that’s what this reminds me of.
All black and trans people fired? Sounds like a ripe lawsuit.
What's the over under on the courts giving a shit after the thousands spent on legal costs?
That is something I did consider and am not exactly hopeful about.
Teen Vogue was amazing. What a stupid reality to live in
Teen Vogue has been drawing conservative ire for years, and is unfortunately one more casualty in a long firing line of progressive youth publications, especially ones with a liberal view on teen sex education.
These journalists were astoundingly influential to a generation. I hope they end up on another platform so they can continue.
Until then, the well for quality journalism geared toward teens/teen girls is damn near dry, but here are a few (great) dregs:
https://buzzsawmag.org/ - Written, edited and published by students of Ithaca College, in the states. Mostly entertainment and pop culture with some science, politics and teen issues.
https://ourbodiesourselves.org/ - started by feminists in the 1960's to address the astonishing lack of sexual health education for women. Began as an often-updated print publication, now fully online. Focus is on sexual and reproductive health, includes stories from women around the world. Posts infrequent articles.
https://womensenews.org/ - Independent web publication that reports on stories about women and girls from around the world. Features a "Teen Voices" section.
I hope they consider reforming independently. Value comes from the workers and they were valuable. I'd definitely contribute/pay for them.
I'm an over 50 male and I really liked Teen Vogue. They often presented articles dealing with social justice. I felt as if it gave me a peak into how younger generations are affected and deal with this crazy world.
Here is the last article showing up in my RSS feed: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/amid-snap-benefits-suspension-more-young-people-will-go-hungry
Fashion industry is elitist and racist af. Not a surprise they purged the Black staffers first.
Remember Coco Chanel collaborated with the Nazis, this is a well known and documented fact and she is still venerated by the fashion industry. The only thing unrealistic about The Devil Wears Prada is that the boss wasn't throwing racist slurs casually around