The American concentration camps in El Salvador are still a thing. Gangs of violent thugs working for the fascist regime are still kidnapping people from the streets in broad daylight.
And the world has accepted this as the new normal and mostly moved on.
For all the people who wondered how the Germans allowed the holocaust to happen, and what they would have done if they had been there, here's your answer.
The American concentration camps in El Salvador are still a thing. Gangs of violent thugs working for the fascist regime are still kidnapping people from the streets in broad daylight.
And the world has accepted this as the new normal and mostly moved on.
For all the people who wondered how the Germans allowed the holocaust to happen, and what they would have done if they had been there, here's your answer.
And then you stumble upon genocidal assholes like this.
Apparently mastodon.social will censor posts and accounts that oppose genocide but will allow incitement of violence against a peace activist delivering humanitarian aid to a starving people in the middle of a genocide (what’s a red cross on top of a person if not a call for their murder?)
Some Germans clearly haven’t quenched their thirst for genocide yet.
PS. Equating criticism of genocide with antisemitism is, itself, the greatest antisemitism as it is equivalent to stating that all Jews are pro genocide, which is, of course, false.
PS: #Germany wasn't last! My favourite was probably Finland-disguised-as-Sweden. Estonia was entertaining too & Italy was kinda nice too. Felt bad for Iceland though. They perfectly memed the Scandinavia and the World comics and no one appreciated it!
PS: #Germany wasn't last! My favourite was probably Finland-disguised-as-Sweden. Estonia was entertaining too & Italy was kinda nice too. Felt bad for Iceland though. They perfectly memed the Scandinavia and the World comics and no one appreciated it!
Sophie Scholl was born on 9 May 1921. She was a German student and anti-Nazi political activist, active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany. She was executed by guillotine on 22 February 1943 in Stadelheim prison, Munich.
The minister of foreign affairs of the #usa just meddled in #germany 's security affairs in an incredibly shameless and most undesirable way. One wonders why #europe still has diplomatic ties with these thugs.
The minister of foreign affairs of the #usa just meddled in #germany 's security affairs in an incredibly shameless and most undesirable way. One wonders why #europe still has diplomatic ties with these thugs.
#WritersCoffeeClub 29 Have you ever written anything that didn't age well?
Not precisely, but I _did_ write something that has aged very _uncomfortably_.
In my 2022 book "Lurkers at the Threshold", I added a travel warning for regions of Germany where the fascist #AfD had received more than 20% of the vote. Now, after the 2025 federal elections, this covers much of the country.
I am not going to take these words back, and will likely repeat them in future volumes. But it is depressing how much obviously worse my home country has become in the last few years.
#WritersCoffeeClub 29 Have you ever written anything that didn't age well?
Not precisely, but I _did_ write something that has aged very _uncomfortably_.
In my 2022 book "Lurkers at the Threshold", I added a travel warning for regions of Germany where the fascist #AfD had received more than 20% of the vote. Now, after the 2025 federal elections, this covers much of the country.
I am not going to take these words back, and will likely repeat them in future volumes. But it is depressing how much obviously worse my home country has become in the last few years.
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Am I disturbed by these attacks on #Tesla cars and dealerships? Yes.
However I must also take their context into account. And the context is this:
Yes, there are legal and less-violent ways of fighting #fascism than this. However, in the last decade or two, Western Democracies have largely failed to use them. The #USA is the worst example, of course - but #Germany also flunked the test, as evidenced by how the authorities and political parties failed to take a strong stand againat the #AfD (including failing to start the process of outlawing them).
And if legal and less-violent actions are not taken... then sooner or later illegal and violent actions are the only ones left, especially once the fascists have already taken over (as it has happened in the USA).
And as a tactic for opposing fascism, I think …
Am I disturbed by these attacks on #Tesla cars and dealerships? Yes.
However I must also take their context into account. And the context is this:
Yes, there are legal and less-violent ways of fighting #fascism than this. However, in the last decade or two, Western Democracies have largely failed to use them. The #USA is the worst example, of course - but #Germany also flunked the test, as evidenced by how the authorities and political parties failed to take a strong stand againat the #AfD (including failing to start the process of outlawing them).
And if legal and less-violent actions are not taken... then sooner or later illegal and violent actions are the only ones left, especially once the fascists have already taken over (as it has happened in the USA).
And as a tactic for opposing fascism, I think these attacks on Tesla cars is actually one of the more effective one. It hurts one of the biggest promoters of fascism - #ElonMusk - in his pocketbook, as it sinks the value of his brand. And it sends a clear message to other oligarchs that promoting fascism will have real, negative consequences for _their_ bottom lines as well.
So I and anyone else who might be put off by these attacks should ask ourselves:
"Do I have a better tactic for fighting fascism - and if so, am I actively using it?"
I live in Germany, where we don't yet have an outright fascist takeover like in the USA yet (again...). So I am leery of criticizing those Americans who are actually on the front lines of fighting fascism, and who are risking their own lives and freedom for this.
