No magic buzzer is going to ding to let you know, hey, it’s fascism now. It doesn’t work that way. It’s a thing of degrees, and no fascist dictator ever went on a public broadcast to announce “hey, this is now a fascist dictatorship.” You kind of have to pay attention.
But also?
DING DING DING.
Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.”
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
