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Why a professor of fascism left the US: ‘The lesson of 1933 is – you get out’
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2025
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That's a shit lesson to take from 33. My takeaway is don't let the brown shirts win. I'm not running from my country with my tail between my legs.
Fascists can fuck off, in fact ~~70~~ 7 millions just assembled to say just that.
Edit: I didn't think staying in my country of birth and fighting for freedom and decency would be such a hot button issue.
To all of you who felt the need to be condescending I'd just say tighten up and show some backbone. Real disappointing. So you may be shot and sent to a gulag. You wouldn't be the first, probably not the last. Try not to let fear and righteousness dictate your feelings.
If you read the rest of the article, she addresses that. She doesn't believe that she is personally brave enough to physically confront what is coming, so for her, the choice is get out now while she can and be vocal.
Not sure where your getting that 70 million number, but according to Wikipedia it was some 5 million.
Not to criticize, but I think it’s important not to spread inaccuracies and over inflate turnout numbers like a certain someone likes to do.
Edit: Lemmy post with final count numbers on attendance. Looks like it’s a bit larger than initially thought, which is fantastic!
Another takeaway from that article: 7 of the top 10 were during Trump's presidency.
Oh don't you know? The media just has it out for him. For: illegitimate reasons we never have to talk about/s
It's not like people have good reason to find trump uniquely terrible. TDS!!!1 /s
dang. what happened to the 11 million estimate i read about yesterday?
Depends on source.
Need about 11M to reach the supposed 3.5% "rule" which is near what 50501 was self-reporting.
Traditional media was reporting 5M to start and has slowly added more.
That sounds cool if your objective is to collect likes on social media. However, her objective is to save herself and her family from what’s coming. As "an academic specialising in the history and culture of eastern Europe," she knows very well what it is. Only an ignorant and arrogant prick could say what you said.
"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything."
That is iam14andthisisdeep material.
If all the good guys leave then you lose your country though
What if everyone just left Poland during ww2? There wouldn't be a Poland today
Nah, the Polish resistance was slaughtered by the Soviets anyways:
Wikipedia
Poland remained occupied for 45 years after WW2 and was forcibly "shifted" to the West causing millions of Polish people to be deported from their homes in the East.
The best decision any Pole could have made for themselves, their family and even their country was to flee. You won't do anything for Poland if you die as a slave in Siberia.
The Nazis did eventually lose, but look what it took to do it. Millions of people died on both sides. The best defense is to not allow them any power, but they already control the most powerful military in the history of the world.
At this point, leaving is a credible option, if you have it. Unfortunately, unless you are wealthy, have a large business, or are incredibly intelligent in a field they want, most of us won't be welcome any where else.
The brown shirts have the keys to the kingdom, and so there's no easy way to get rid of them. By my count they've already won, and will be able to do a depressing amount of damage before anyone could hope to stop them. If you're a vulnerable group who has the opportunity to leave and isn't ready to die fighting, leaving is the safest bet.
From the numbers that I have seen spread through social media, they were saying 12.1 million people showed up for the No King protest.
I mean that's certainly fair, but with the vast majority of America either supporting the fascists or dragging its feet (cue "we can't give them an excuse to do a fascism!!!!") "fuck this shit I'm outta here" is, honestly, pretty valid.
But going peacefully on the streets is only successful if the government you want to send a message to is listening, i.e. if it either cares for their citizens or is in any way rational.
I hope I'm wrong here, but I can't see anything changing for the better in your country. It currently looks like 70 million people trying to talk through a knife fight.
Eh, Trump's stupid enough to openly oppose peaceful protest. And Americans seem to have a reaaaally short fuse when someone physically spits them in the face.
Soon, they won't be so peaceful.
I had this hope too, but he already went light-years too far and all I read is "soon ...".
I'm generally against violence, but I really hope you guys do something over there...
Are you a professor in the field? No? Then fuck the fuck off.