• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Your first paragraph doesn’t really make sense as those on the left tend to be the most keenly aware of the dangers of fascism, since

    a) First they came for LGBTQ+ people (which was left out of the poem since it was written by a conservative priest who was fine with persecution of THEM) and then they came for us

    b) it’s always us that end up having to fight fascists alone since the liberals try to negotiate with them (or stay out of it at first and then join them like they did in Italy with Mussolini) and the others on the far right try to become their allies

    Unless you consider Neoliberals left leaning. In which case you’re MORE wrong, but your logic is more consistent.

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      4 months ago

      I’m not entirely sure what you’re trying to say but what I meant is that I agree people on the left are most keenly aware of the dangers of fascism and if you’re surrounded by mostly them (aka in a left leaning echo chamber) then you’ll believe that most people are aware of the threat and take it seriously.

      Unfortunately in my experience most people outside of the left (which is most people in this country) don’t share that awareness and therefore do not take the threat as seriously as they should