What Happens to a Society Who Can’t Punish Those Who Want to Undo It?

America’s Fascism Problem Isn’t Going Away.

So the ugly old social norm — “Ah, you’re a racist? A fascist? I don’t like it, but I guess that’s OK, because it’s permitted in our society” — still exists. And the power structures built on that norm — law firms, lobbyists, pressure groups, and so on, have not changed one iota.
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The fascists are being allowed to get away with it. What do you think that teaches them? Says to them? Tells them? That the rest of us are weak, laughable, and pathetic enough that we can be had.