not to be too glib, but. . .while i commend sarah for finally waking up, she should have stopped hitting the snooze button 8 or 10 (or 15 or 20) years ago at least. some of these signposts she's talking about have been in evidence for at least that long. "now the guessing game is over"? gimme a break. we're long past that point. there are problems with paxton as well, which is inevitable when you try to frame a discussion of this topic within the sanitized limits of puritanical, post-depression/-WWII/-mccarthy american political language. but also, i think he under-appreciates crypto-fascism, which is plenty effective enough and meanwhile the majority of the people are none the wiser. which means it can go on virtually forever without that pesky fourth and fifth stage disruption. i think the only way the fascist dynamic in this country will switch from the crypto to the full-on, jack-booted mass rallies variety, is either in response to a major existential crisis such as a major, truly lethal pandemic, or if they (the powers that be) decide that war with china is simply unavoidable.
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