Thoughts on tipping points. As it stands now, the orders to hate center on a relatively small cadre of usual suspects: the different, the disabled, people of color, librarians, and teachers. At some point, the hate-field will grow, and continue to grow. The movement will reach a tipping point.
When the tipping point is reached, the impacts of fascism
will spread to the hitherto unmolested. Those who voted to install the fascism will begin to feel its wrath. The surprise on a supporter’s face will
resemble that of a famous painting.
Will this create resistance? Perhaps.
Will this resistance overcome the worst impulses of those in
power?
Not if the experience of Germany in the late 1930s is any
guide, and history is sometimes our most reliable guide.
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