Any mandate to wear masks has to recognize that throwing people off transportation for not wearing masks is wrong, counterproductive, and also absolutely unacceptable. It’s not people’s fault there is both a shortage and confusing messaging. Hand out masks. No disaster fascism.https://twitter.com/phillyTRU/status/1248689954294726658 …
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Any idea that the "liberal" politics as they're currently constructed in Western nations are any kind of bulwark against pandemic fascism is not true. Look at your Facebook feeds, people. It's full of anxiety-fueled scolding that's waiting for the "correct" authoritarianism.
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US right/admin seems to want to go with "let's let mass deaths cleanse the economy" which is one scary form, but it's plausible that the opposite will then be construed a "let's pick whatever sounds most severe and punish all violations"—which also *won't* work and is also scary.
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In Feb and March, locally, I watched with despair as some on the liberal side traveled/gathered and people who tried to caution were scolded with "what about the flu" and "don't be racist." Now, "can I go for a walk?" is met with a version of "you murderer what's wrong with you!"
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I'm not saying this is everyone, but the strains are there for a realignment that ends with broad-based pandemic fascism. I don't see Western nations as immune to this, and not being a fan of this admin is by itself not immunity to being a potential part of that realignment.
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you raise a lot of good points but you're analysis of how fascism arises is not only off the mark, it's just such a tired scare tactic. There is a pre-existing problem with policing in US. By and large enactment of Covid rules is going remarkably well. The virus is the problem.
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Reminds me of climate change. Similar alarmists, murky science, models plugged with faulty data, fascism.
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