This ship set sail in 1992. I've been referencing this very checklist for at least 20 years when ~~debating~~ being dismissively yelled at by conservatives. Everybody thought I was nuts.

[–] hperrin 10 points 15 hours ago

We’re way past the early warning signs.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of these are perfectly naive.

It, for example, assumes that mass media wasn't being controlled beforehand (it always is) and that corporate power wasn't being protected beforehand (it always is).

Fascism is not some aberration of the liberal nation state - it's a built-in feature of it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 16 hours ago

This is a list of paragraph titles from the original magazine article, which offers some nuance.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 15 hours ago

Welcome to 2017.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago

Fuck all the MAGA scum!

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago

Well, I don't see, "Sieg Heil at the Presidential Inauguration," on that list.

Checkmate, liberals!

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago (3 children)

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago

I tick all the boxes! Beautiful boxes! Nobody ticks all the boxes the way I do! Many people say so!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This means we get a free froyo, right?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

The froyo contains potassium benzoate.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

You will get this Fanta, and you WILL BE HAPPY ABOUT IT!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Funny (not funny) thing is that it's hard to pinpoint which country is collecting the stamps here

[–] [email protected] 7 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

This could be a bingo sheet...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Any idea what that says at the bottom?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 18 hours ago

Here’s a higher res version